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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 digit (finger width):
Digit is a unit of length equal to the width of a man's finger, used by the Middle East and Mediterranean ancient civilizations. One digit digit was equal to 0.75 inch or 19.05 mm.
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