furlong

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The tapering shaft stretched out of sight for something like a furlong, and the bulk of the butt rose over us so that we could not see the mountains.

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  1. noun A unit for measuring distance, equal to 1/8 mile (201 meters). See Table at measurement.

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  • Sequoia Racing's Imperial Council will stretch out for the first time after registering victories in a seven-furlong maiden special weight race on October 4 at Belmont Park and a
  • The Wheaton gelding, trained by James Casey, won the six-furlong Dancing Count Stakes at Laurel Park in his most recent outing on January 31.
  • One of the best races of the afternoon came in the 51 / 4-furlong Thoroughbred Futurity, where Espy, from Billings, and Wonder's Sensation edged Olesiak and Borazi in a tight battle down the homestretch. —  billingsgazette.com
  • The plan to run in the Lexington came after he had two very strong six-furlong works at O'Neill's Hollywood Park base.
  • I think Edward furlong or rory culkin would be good for alec. that being said i havent seen either of them in forever, so who knows what time has done to their faces! elijah would be good with lighter hair. he's super creepy (a la sin city) rosie Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 12: 12 AM EST —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old English furlang : furh, furrow + lang, long; see long1.

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  1. from Middle English furlong, furlang, forlong, forlang, etc., from Anglo-Saxon furlang (once improperly furlung), a furlong (used to translate L. stadium), properly the length of a furrow, or the drive of the plow before it is turned, from furh, a furrow, + lang, long. The length of a furrow would ordinarily be equivalent to the length of the field; like other orig. indefinite terms of measure, the word came to have a definite value, being fixed by custom at 40 rods, and hence called in Middle Latin (Anglo-Latin) quarentena: see quarantine.
 

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