PACE, a measure taken from the space between the two feet of a man, in walking; usually reckoned two feet and a half, and in some men a yard or three feet.
The geometrical pace is five feet; and 60000 such paces make one degree of the equator.
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PACE, a measure taken from the space between the two feet of a man, in walking; usually reckoned two feet and a half, and in some men a yard or three feet.
The geometrical pace is five feet; and 60000 such paces make one degree of the equator.