Meaning of auln | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An ell (unit of measure).
   obsolete
2. A barrel (as a measure for wine).
   obsolete

Examples

“The Measure⟳ is here an Auln, by which all Commodities of Woollen and Linnen is measured, and is accounted 1 ¼ yards English, but those that have⟳ made tryal thereof find⟳ it to be 46 inches;”

“They shewed us however some cloth, made as they say⟳ entirely of Spanish wool, at 3 liv. 10s the lb. which is not so good as their ratteens, made with ⅔ wool of Navarre and Roussillon, and ⅓ Spanish; they make⟳ some Navarre, an auln broad, at 11 liv. the auln; ratteens ¼ of an auln broad, at 22 liv. the auln; a second sort⟳ of ratteens, mad with French wool, an auln broad, 11 liv. the auln.”

“The Père Simon, cited by Picart, makes mention⟳ of a custom prevailing amongst the Jews at the occurrence of a death; the mourners who are in attendance rend their garments, but so as to occasion no material injury to them—making only a small tear⟳, about an eighth of an auln to the left, except when the mourning is for a father, or mother, or a child, when all the robes are torn on the right side.”

“It was the additional weight of the four buttons and one-sixteenth of an auln of cloth, which, he said, must help⟳ to fatigue the soldier in his marching .”

“To amend the smell⟳ and Taste⟳ of French and Rhenish Wines, which are foul; take⟳ one Pound of Honey, an Handful of Elder-flowers, an Ounce of Orrice-powder, one Nutmeg, a few Cloves to an Auln of the Wine, boil them in a sufficient Quantity of the Wine to be cured, to the Consumption of half; and when it is cold, strain⟳ it, and use⟳ it with the Rod: some add⟳ a little Salt.”

“The yearly produce⟳, on an average, amounts to 110,000 aulns.”

“An Auln of Hock, 30 imperial gallons”

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