續一切經音義 2.82

2.82

Length and breadth (延袤: the second character has the fanqie 莫 + 候; the character dictionary says, “Width and length.” Qieyun says, “East-to-west is called width; south-to-north is called length (mao). Mao also means long.” Shuowen says, “It takes 衣 with 矛 for phonetic”).