Acre

Acre

The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. Its international symbol is ac.

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Famous quotes containing the word acre:

    “Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground, long heath, brown furze, anything.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “And every acre good enough to eat,
    As fine as flour put through a baker’s sieve.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he’ll turn into a scoundrel.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)