Verst, a Russian measure of length, containing 3500 English feet, and so nearly equal to two-thirds of a mile.
Verst
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 463
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Verst, a Russian measure of length, containing 3500 English feet, and so nearly equal to two-thirds of a mile.