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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 rod (rd):
Rod (rd) is a traditional unit of length used to measure land. This unit was also called the "king's perch" and it was equal to 5.0292 meters.
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