Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A unit of measure used on board ships, five pecks according to a statute of Henry VII.
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Seven _coolacks_ are one _timbang_, water-measure, being 1-1/4 cattees more than the beam weight, although there ought to be no difference; but the weigher, who is always a Chinese, gives advantages to his countrymen, whom he favours, as he can fit them with greater or smaller weights at his pleasure.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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