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chittack|ˈtʃɪtæk|
[Bengali chhatak.]
1. An Indian weight about equal to 1 ounce, 17 pennyweights, 12 grains troy.
1899Kipling From Sea to Sea II. 305 The cake-maker..receives a lump of opium, weighed out, of one seer seven chittacks and a half. 1957Encycl. Brit. XV. 139/1 Chittack, Bengal, 5 tolas, or 900 grains.
2. A measure of land in Bengal.
1905Statesman 22 Aug. 2/4 A..dwelling house containing by estimation 7 cottahs 7 chittacks 2 square feet. 1969Hindusthan Stand. (Calcutta) 5 Aug. 3/2 (Advt.), Land containing an area of 9 cottahs, 13 chittacks and 40 square feet = 660·0545 square metres. |