Adowlie
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An adowlie (also adholee, adholy, or adowly) is an obsolete unit of dry volume and mass formerly used in western India a standard measurement for grain and salt. * As a dry measure for salt, it equalled approximately . * As a measure of mass, it was roughly . A heavy adowlie was approximately After metrification in the mid-20th century, the unit became obsolete.
An adowlie (also adholee, adholy, or adowly) is an obsolete unit of dry volume and mass formerly used in western India a standard measurement for grain and salt. As a dry measure for salt, it equalled approximately . As a measure of mass, it was roughly . A heavy adowlie was approximately After metrification in the mid-20th century, the unit became obsolete.
See also
List of customary units of measurement in South Asia
References
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