cahys

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A form of cahiz — A traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 665.8 L.

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nouncahys (plural cahyses)

plural cahyses

  1. historicalobsoleteObsolete form of cahiz (“traditional Spanish unit of dry measure”).

    CAHYS, a dry meaſure for corn, uſed in ſome parts of Spain, particularly at Seville and as Cadiz. It is near a buſhel of our meaſure.

    1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7
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