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n.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.

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	n.) ~~A certain weight or quantity~~ of ~~merchandise~~, ~~with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight~~ of ~~ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels~~ of ~~potatoes; eight sacks~~, or ~~ten barrels~~, of ~~flour~~; ~~forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet~~ of ~~hewn, timber, etc~~.		n.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.