...appears in the tables of long measure, for it is now out of use, is eighteen inches, — the supposed length of the arm, from the Elbow to the tip of the forefinger. The Roman Cubit was about half an inch shorter ; and the ordinary Cubit of the Hebrews...

...standards seem to have been for the most part derived from portions of the human body : as the cubit, or the length of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; the foot; the ulna, arm, or yard; the span; the digit, or finger; the fathom, or space...

...standards seem to have been for the most part derived from portions of the human body : as the cubit, or the length of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger ; the foot ; the vino, arm, or yard ; the span ; the digit, or finger ; the fathom, or...

...standards seem to have been for the most part derived from portions of the human body : as the cubit, or the length of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger ; the foot ; the ulna, arm, or yard ; the span ; the digit, or finger ; the fathom, or...

...measure seem to have been, for the most part, derived from portions of the human body : as the cubit, or length of the arm from the elbow to the, tip of the middle finger ; the foot ; the ulna, arm," or yard ; the врал ; the digit, or finger ; the fathom,...

...and appear to have consisted principally of the parts of the human body. For example, the cubit, or length of the •arm from the elbow to the tip of the longest finger ; the^bo/ ; the ulna, arm, or yard ; the span ; the digit, or finger ; the fathom, or...

...muni. CRUELTY, muni. — " Without cruelty," Babu muni. CUBIT, *. taki hanu. — Eighteen inches, or the length of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. CUP, v. nshinni, or shia nshini. CURSE, v. sagi, bata, suagi. CURSED, adj. sagu mbatu....

...lake, N. to NW, is the tribe of Wabehkimo, literally, ' the small race,' their stature being only twice the length of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. Beyond the chain, of which Kilimandj-aro is the chief, is the powerful tribe of Wakamba...

...of measurements, which they could not have been unless their size had been approximately definite. The length of the arm, from the elbow to the tip of the mid-finger, furnished the cubit to many nations of antiquity. The hand-breadth and the span were measures...

...NI'TRE is a commercial name applied to the nitrate of soda (NaONO.). See SODA. CU'BIT (Lat. cubila»), a measure employed by the ancients, equal to the length...arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle-finger. The C. of the Romans was about I7¿ inches, and that of the Hebrews 22 inches, but its length is now...