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acre 
n. a linear measurement equal to twenty-two yards, now obsolete except in the Province of Quebec.
- 1788 (1951) A request of the North West Company for a grant of land one acre in width from Lake Superior to Long Lake.
- 1830 (1948) Your Canoe ... was found about an acre below the Mill.
- 1887 The length of the dam would certainly be several acres.
- 1788 (1951) A request of the North West Company for a grant of land one acre in width from Lake Superior to Long Lake.