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fathom 1. a unit of length equal to six feet (1.829 metres), used to measure depths of water 2. Forestry a unit of volume equal to six cubic feet, used for measuring timber fathom [′fathยทəm] (oceanography) The common unit of depth in the ocean, equal to 6 feet (1.8288 meters). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| If the machinery of the Law could be depended on to fathom every case of suspicion, and to conduct every process of inquiry, with moderate assistance only from the lubricating influences of oil of gold, the events which fill these pages might have claimed their share of the public attention in a Court of Justice. Oodles and oodles of it, my gentlemen, in cask and chest, in cask and chest, a fathom under the sand. The mysterious sun-sickness, which the experts of Australia could not fathom, still ripped and tore my tissues. |
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