Convert barleycorn to nail
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Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.
Definition and details for nail:
Nail is a traditional unit of length used for measuring cloth. Nail is equal to 1/20 ell or 5.715 cm.