Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ancient Egyptian measure of surface, according to Herodotus the square of 100 cubits, which would be 27.35 ares, or 0.676 of an English acre.
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Examples
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I say, "I have this empathic arura that inclines men to kiss me".
miss-k2 Diary Entry miss-k2 2004
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Dell recognized laptops uk with 4gb memory desktop that is arura and area51 desktop.
Wii-volution 2010
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Dell recognized laptops uk with 4gb memory desktop that is arura and area51 desktop.
Wii-volution 2010
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Dell recognized laptops uk with 4gb memory desktop that is arura and area51 desktop.
Wii-volution 2010
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"Yes, sir; but 'he that plougheth should plough in hope'; and when I can see clearly across the wide field, and drive the gleaming share of truth straight and steady to the end, then, and not till then, shall I render my summer-day's arura.
St. Elmo 1872
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Rigorously the world exacts the full quota of the author's arura. "
St. Elmo 1872
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Rigorously the world exacts to the last iota, the full quota of the author's arura. "
St. Elmo. A Novel. Augusta Jane 1867
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"Yes, sir; but 'he that plougheth should plough in hope;' and when I can see clearly across the wide field, and drive the gleaming share of truth straight and steady to the end, then, and not till then, shall I render my summer day's arura.
St. Elmo. A Novel. Augusta Jane 1867
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Patrum, p. 1014, 1015,) and the Egyptian cubit of all ages be equal to twenty-two English inches, (Greaves, vol.i. p. 233,) the arura will consist of about three quarters of an English acre.] [Footnote 10: The description of the monastery is given by Jerom (tom.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 Edward Gibbon 1765
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(Greaves, vol.i. p. 233,) the arura will consist of about three quarters of an English acre.] 10 The description of the monastery is given by Jerom (tom.i. p. 248, 249, in Vit.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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