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BAHAR

Volume 3 · 62 words · 1810 Edition

or Barre, in Commerce, weights used in several places in the East Indies.

There are two of these weights; one the great bahar, with which they weigh pepper, cloves, nutmegs, ginger, &c. and contains 530 pounds of Portugal, or about 524lb. 9oz. avoirdupois weight. With the little bahar, they weigh quicksilver, vermilion, ivory, silk, &c. It contains about 437lb. 9oz. avoirdupois weight.