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POOD

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 72 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POOD  , a

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Russian
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weight,
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equivalent to 40 lb Russian and about 36 lb
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avoirdupois . A little more than 62 poods go to the ton . The word is an adaptation of the Low German or Norse pund, pound .

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