Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HEC-TOM'E-TER
HEC-TOM'E-TER, n. [Gr. ἑκατον, a hundred, and μετρον, measure.]
A French measure equal to a hundred meters; the meter being the unit of lineal measure. It is equivalent nearly to 308 French feet. Lunier.
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