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The old Irish unit of the collop, for example, was defined as the amount of land needed to graze a single cow. Here is a unit that adapts to the practicalities of life, meaning lush, energy-dense pasture would be measured in smaller collops than the same area of barren hillside.
James Hawkins
All rock, no collop.
Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
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