, or Oxgate, of land, is usually taken for 15 acres; being as much land as it is supposed one ox can plow in a year. In Lincolnshire they still corruptly call it Oskin of land.—In Scotland, the term is used for a portion of arable land, containing 13 acres.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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