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ABUCCO

Volume 1 · 54 words · 1815 Edition

ABOCCO, or ABOCHI, a weight used in the kingdom of Pegu. One abucco contains 12½ teccals; two abuccos make a giro or agire; two giri, half a hiza; and a hiza weighs an hundred teccals; that is, two pounds five ounces the heavy weight, or three pounds nine ounces the light weight of Venice.