Definition of "bahar" [ba•har]

• A weight used in parts of the East Indies, varying from about 223 to 625 pounds. (noun)

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• "To this cost is to be added the custom above mentioned, varying in different districts according to specific agreements, but amounting in general to one dollar and a half, or two dollars on each bahar, which is distributed amongst the chiefs at an annual entertainment; and presents are made at the same time to planters who have distinguished themselves by their industry."
• "Mr. Brady drew ten lines on the sand and laid an axe down by them, giving K-- (I really can't write that long name all over again) to understand by signs that when there was a 'bahar' (yam) on every mark he should have the axe."
• "'bahar' (yam) on every mark he should have the axe."