Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9143
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9143
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1516.—“Diamonds “. . . sell by a weight which is called a Mangiar, which is equal to 2 tare and ⅖, and 2 tare make a carat of good weight, and 4 tare weigh one fanam.”—Barbosa, in Ramusio, i. f. 321v.