"xylon" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon)",
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  "etymology_text": "Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon).",
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      "form": "xyla",
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          "ref": "2020, Roger S. Bagnall, Alexander Jones, Mathematics, Metrology, and Model Contracts, page 81",
          "text": "The xylon, in which naubia are measured. The royal (xylon) 9 comprises 3 cubits, 18 palms, 72 fingers; 10 the private (xylon) comprises 2⅔ cubits, 16 palms, 64 fingers, so that the surveyor's schoinion comprises 32 royal xyla, and 36 private (xyla).",
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        "A unit of length in Ancient Greece."
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        "(historical) A unit of length in Ancient Greece."
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  "etymology_text": "Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon).",
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