Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9315

1598.—“They have another weight called *Mao*, which is a Hand, and is 12 pounds.”—*Linschoten*, 69; [Hak. Soc. i. 245]