A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.
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Varasd
Encyclopedia Britannica
VARASD (Germ. Warasdin), a royal free city of Hungary, in the county of Varasd, in Croatia, lies about 40 miles north-north-east of Zágráb (Agram), on the river Drave. It was once used as a stronghold, but now only the castle remains fortified. Varasd possesses several churches of interest, a fine new county hall, two gymnasia, and a real school. It has also tobacco and liqueur factories, and enjoys a brisk trade in wood and fruits, especially plums. The inhabitants numbered 13,701 in 1880.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 24, p. 69
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Length Roget’s Thesaurus §200
N. length, longitude, span, mileage, distance, # line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius, lengthening, prolongation, production, protraction, tension, tensure, extension, line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league, chain, link, arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara, astronomical unit, au, light-year, parsec, nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km, pedometer, perambulator, scale
V. be long, stretch out, sprawl, extend to, reach to, stretch to, make a long arm, "drag its slow length along." render long, lengthen, extend, elongate, stretch, prolong, produce, protract, let out, draw out, spin out|, drawl, enfilade, look along, view in perspective, distend (expand) 194
Adj. long, longsome, lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched, lengthened, sesquipedalian, interminable, no end of, macrocolous, linear, lineal, longitudinal, oblong, as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow, unshortened &c. (shorten )
Adv. lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along, tandem, in a line, in perspective, from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe, fore and aft
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