ardeb
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ardeb
a unit of dry measure used in Egypt
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ardeb
The principal Egyptian measure of capacity (not used for liquids), legally containing 40⅓ imperial gallons, or 5.2 United States (Winchester) bushels, or 183.2 liters. But other ardebs are in use, ranging from little more than half the above up to 284 liters; this, the ardeb of Rosetta, was at one time the commonest. See artaba.
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Ardeb
är′deb an Egyptian dry measure of 5½ bushels.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Ar. irdab.
Once no less than eighty thousand ardebs of grain was stolen from the arsenal. "The River War" by
Ardebant; ipsique suos, jam morte sub aegra, Discissos nudis laniabant dentibus artus. "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. IV. (of 12)" by
Ardebant nuper: rapidi violentia coeli Torrebat pecudes, et languida rura premebat. "Gustavus Vasa" by
At Barcelona, he was enabled to study through the assistance of a noble and very pious lady, Isabel Roser, and a teacher, named Ardebal. "The Autobiography of St. Ignatius" by
Ardebal (District), 167, 170. "Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern" by
Soon the price per ardeb rose from twelve to twenty dollars, and latterly to sixty dollars. "Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892" by