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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In early English tenures, as much land as could be tilled with the use of an ox; an oxgang or oxgate.
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An analogy is supplied by the _carucata_ of the Danelagh, the eighth part of which was the _bouata_ or "ox-land."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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