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Mile
Mile [F.
Miglio (Italian),
milla (Spanish),
of
mille (Latin),
myl (Danish)
myle (Dutch)
meile (G.)] English,
contains 8 furlongs, every furlong 40 poles or lugs, every pole 16 feet and a
half; so that the mile contains 5280 feet, or a 1000 paces.
Miles in
Germany,
about 5 miles
English.
Miles
in
Italy,
something more than an
English
one.
Miles
in
Scotland,
1500 geometrical paces.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
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