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Fathom

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A nautical measure of sir -feet in length. Occasionally used as a superficial measure of land and in mining, and in that case it means a square fathom or thirty-six square feet Nahaolelua v. Kaaa-hu, 9 Hawaii, 601.