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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Schoftlong,) Shoftlong, n. [Erron. for shaft- S(c)haft n.1 5.] The length of the shaft of a pike or the like, used as a unit of measurement. — 1669 Sc. Hist. Rev. XVII 31.
[In Lythes the farthing land consisted] of 12 shoftlongs in breidth, each shoftlong containing seven foots in length
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