Acre

[A·cre]

A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean

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Any field of arable or pasture land.

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a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean

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a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru

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a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries

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Any field of arable or pasture land.

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A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.

Acre

A"cre , n. [OE. aker, AS. '91cer; akin to OS. accar, OHG. achar, Ger. acker, Icel. akr, Sw. '86ker, Dan. ager, Goth. akrs, L. ager, Gr. , Skr. ajra. 'fb2, 206.] 1. Any field of arable or pasture land. [Obs.] 2. A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English. &hand; The acre was limited to its present definite quantity by statutes of Edward I., Edward III., and Henry VIII. Broad acres, many acres, much landed estate. [Rhetorical] -- God's acre, God's field; the churchyard.

I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial ground, God's acre.

Any field of arable or pasture land.

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