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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: History Rules! wofahulicodoc #176855 05/11/2008 10:29 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Horses are (still) measured, from the ground to the top of the withers, in "hands", which each measure 4 inches. I believe it was the width of the hand. Mine measures only about 3 inches, but I presume the average man's hand is wider. Good thing they didn't use thumbs... :0) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted HEXATRIGESIMAL yard work dalehileman 05/09/2008 3:59 PM Re: OCTOSYLLABLE yard work BranShea 05/09/2008 8:02 PM Re: OCTOSYLLABLE yard work Faldage 05/09/2008 10:38 PM Re: OCTOSYLLABLE yard work dalehileman 05/09/2008 11:25 PM Re: OCTOSYLLABLE yard work dalehileman 05/09/2008 11:25 PM Re: OCTOSYLLABLE yard work Faldage 05/10/2008 2:05 AM Re: HEXATRIGESIMAL yard work The Pook 05/10/2008 2:07 AM Re: HEXATRIGESIMAL yard work of troy 05/10/2008 2:43 AM Re: HEXATRIGESIMAL yard work The Pook 05/10/2008 3:00 AM Re: HEXATRIGESIMAL yard work dalehileman 05/10/2008 5:15 PM History Rules! wofahulicodoc 05/11/2008 10:03 PM Re: History Rules! twosleepy 05/11/2008 10:29 PM Re: History Rules! AnnaStrophic 05/11/2008 10:51 PM Re: History Rules! Alex Williams 05/12/2008 1:48 PM Mathematicians want to know! wofahulicodoc 05/13/2008 8:57 PM Re: Mathematicians want to know! zmjezhd 05/14/2008 1:12 AM Re: Mathematicians want to know! wofahulicodoc 05/14/2008 2:11 AM Re: Mathematicians want to know! wofahulicodoc 05/14/2008 2:16 AM Re: double-dactyl AnnaStrophic 05/19/2008 5:22 PM it's a girl! Alex Williams 05/20/2008 7:38 PM Re: it's a girl! Faldage 05/21/2008 1:13 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,463 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,272 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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