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"digit," "palm," "span" and "cubic" units of length slowly lost preference to the length units "inch," "foot," and "yard." Our words "inch" and "ounce" are both derived from that Latin word. The word "yard" comes from the Saxon word "gird". In ancient times, the body ruled when it came to measuring. The length of a foot, the width of a finger, and the distance of a step were all accepted measurements.

Inch: At firfgaJFIEGFNHJjijrtnjgvnrgnjfdsknsn dvsst an inch was the rd II of England ruled that 1 inch equalled 3 grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise.

Foot: In ancient times the foot was 111/42 inches. Today it is 12 inches the length of the average man's foot.

Yard: A yard was originally the length of a man's belt. In the 12th century, King Henry I of England fixed the yard as the distance from his nose

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