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pianoforte (iou) and MILE, measure (law)


pianoforte (iou)



pianoforte noun. M18.
[Italian, earlier pian(o) e forte lit. 'soft and loud' (with ref. to its capacity for gradation of tone). Cf. FORTE-PIANO.]
= PIANO noun2 1.
pianofortist noun (rare) a pianist M19.

MILE, measure (law)


MILE, measure. A length of a thousand paces, or seventeen hundred and sixty yards, or five thousand two hundred and eighty feet. It contains eight yards, or five thousand two hundred and eighty feet. It contains eight furlongs, every furlong being forty poles, and each pole sixteen feet six furlongs, every furlong being forty poles, and each pole sixteen feet six inches. 2 Stark. R. 89. inches. 2 Stark. R. 89.