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Re: Measurement Query
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"Mark C. Branstner" <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:41:11 EDT
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Susan,
 
Sounds like a corruption of "cord" to me.  In North America, a cord is a
standard measure of firewood: a stack of logs measuring 4 ft wide x 4 ft tall
x 8 ft long.
 
Mark

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