Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vara"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vara \Va"ra\, n. [Sp. See 1st {Vare}.]
A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara
now in use equals 33.385 inches. --Johnson's Cyc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vara
n : a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different
values in different localities
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