Hide, in old English law, denoted a certain area of land, the exact quantity of which is variously given as 60, 80, and 100 acres. According to R. W. Eyton (Key to Domesday, 1877), the Domesday hide of land denoted fiscal value, not superficial quantity.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 705
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