A Coomb is a measure of volume. Its exact original details are not known. In 13th century
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Coomb — may refer to: Coomb (unit), a 13th century English liquid measurement by volume. Coombs test, an aid to medical diagnosis. Coomb Teak or Gmelina arborea, a medicinal tree. See also Deeping Coomb, a fictional deep valley in The Lord of the Rings.… … Wikipedia
Coomb (unit) — A coomb is a measure of volume. Its exact original details are not known. In 13th century England it was defined as 4 bushels ( 140 L). It was in use in Norfolk until the 1790s or later, as a dry measure: Ben sold my Wheat to the Marlingford… … Wikipedia
coomb — noun An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels. Also comb. , 1866: It was equal to half a quarter, i.e. is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties. mdash; James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of… … Wiktionary
coomb — or coom a traditional British unit of volume used mostly for dry commodities. A coomb is 4 Imperial bushels; this is equivalent to 5.1374 cubic feet or about 145.48 liters … Dictionary of units of measurement
List of English words of Persian origin — As Indo European languages, English and Persian have many words of common Proto Indo European origin, and many of these cognate words often have similar forms. Examples of these include: English (Mother) and Persian (Madar), English (Father) and… … Wikipedia
Conversion of units — is the conversion between different units of measurement for the same quantity, typically through multiplicative conversion factors. Contents 1 Techniques 1.1 Process 1.2 Multiplication factors … Wikipedia
English unit — is the American name for a unit in one of a number of systems of units of measurement, some obsolete, and some still in use in present day USA, the UK, and elsewhere. The modern United States customary units system as a whole is not, and has… … Wikipedia
Brythonic languages — For the individual language, see British language (Celtic). Brythonic Brittonic Geographic distribution: Wales, Cornwall, Brittany Linguistic classification: Indo European … Wikipedia
Gamling — In J. R. R. Tolkien s legendarium, Gamling is a Man of Rohan. He appears in The Two Towers , the second volume of The Lord of the Rings . An older man (he is called Gamling the Old ), he was from the Westfold. Gamling means old man in Old English … Wikipedia
