亚洲网紅露点

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toise

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noun

  1. an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of toise1

1590鈥1600; < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *迟脓蝉补, (feminine singular), Latin 迟脓苍蝉补 ( bracchia ) outstretched (arms), neuter plural taken as feminine singular See tense 1
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"Well pitched, Hugh of Clatford," cried the old knight; "well pitched; a toise beyond Sir Simeon."

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"If you do, I will beat you by a toise," replied Hal of Hadnock, laughing.

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En l鈥檃n 1429 le cordelier Richard preschant aux Innocens estoit mont茅 sur ung hault eschaffaut qui estoit pr猫s de toise et demie de hault, le dos tourn茅 vers les charniers encontre la charounerie, 脿 l鈥檈ndroit de la danse Macabre.鈥

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Riv鈥瞖r-jack, the common water-snake of Europe; Riv鈥瞖r-man, one who makes his livelihood by dragging the river for sunken goods; River-muss鈥瞖l, a fresh-water mussel; Riv鈥瞖r-ott鈥瞖r, the common European otter; Riv鈥瞖r-perch, a Californian surf-fish; Riv鈥瞖r-pie, the water-ousel; Riv鈥瞖r-shore, the shore or bank of a river; Riv鈥瞖r-side, the bank of a river; Riv鈥瞖r-smelt, the gudgeon; Riv鈥瞖r-snail, a pond snail; Riv鈥瞖r-swall鈥瞣w, the sand-martin; Riv鈥瞖r-tide, the tide from the sea rising or ebbing in a river; Riv鈥瞖r-tor鈥瞭oise, a soft-shelled turtle; Riv鈥瞖r-wall, a wall made to confine the waters of a river within definite bounds.鈥攁dj.

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In Market Square, Philadelphia, land was worth from 3,000 to 4,000 francs per sq. toise, and in Wall Street, New York, about 4,000 francs.

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