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Cubit

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

The cubit was a measure used among the Eastern nations, containing about eighteen inches of our English measure. The Hebrews, by a very singular idea, called it Ammah; that is, mother: as if other measures were produced by this.

Bibliography Information
Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Cubit'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​pmd/​c/cubit.html. London. 1828.