cahiz

It came to be sold at so low a price that for my house as well as for others we bought a cahiz [36] of lime for four reals, and one thousand bricks for eight -- although this is not the fixed price, for it fluctuates according to the money which comes from Mexico.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55 1588-1591 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Edward Gaylord Bourne 1884

[36] The cahiz is equal to twelve fanégas, or nearly nineteen and one-fifth bushels.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55 1588-1591 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Edward Gaylord Bourne 1884

In corn meafure, the cahiz contains twelve barchillas, or forty-eight celemines.

A journey through Spain in the years 1786 and 1787 1792

The cahiz contains twelve barchillas, or forty-eight celemines, and is equal to fcvea bufhels and a half.

A journey through Spain in the years 1786 and 1787; 1791