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English system

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Noun1.English systemEnglish system - a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint
British Imperial System, British system
system of weights and measures - system of measurement for length and weight and duration
avoirdupois unit - any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights


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Coventry Central, the pivot of the English system, stabs upward once in ten seconds its spear of diamond light to the north; and a point or two off our starboard bow The Leek, the great cloud-breaker of Saint David's Head, swings its unmistakable green beam twenty-five degrees each way.
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