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/kuːm/ · noun
An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels..
It was equal to half a quarter, i.e. is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties.
Two kilderkins, or strikes, make a measure called a barrel, liquid, and a coomb, dry; this last term being ancient and little used.
From the centre of each side of this tree-bound square ran avenues east, west, and south into the wide expanse of corn-land and coomb to the distance of a mile or so.
Use coomb when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Coomb means An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels..
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It was equal to half a quarter, i.e. is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties.
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