What is Acre? A Basic Definition

Acre \A"cre\, n. [OE. aker, AS. [ae]cer; akin to OS. accar,
         OHG.
   achar, Ger. acker, Icel. akr, Sw. [*a]ker, Dan.
         ager, Goth.
   akrs, L. ager, Gr. ?, Skr. ajra. [root]2,
         206.]
   1. Any field of arable or pasture land. [Obs.]
  
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   2. A piece of land, containing 160
         square rods, or 4,840
      square yards, or 43,560 square
         feet. This is the English
      statute acre. That of the
         United States is the same. The
      Scotch acre was about
         1.26 of the English, and the Irish
      1.62 of the
         English.
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   Note: The acre was
         limited to its present definite quantity
         by statutes of Edward I., Edward III., and Henry VIII.
         [1913 Webster]

   Broad acres, many acres, much landed estate.
         [Rhetorical]
      

   God's acre, God's field; the
         churchyard.
      [1913 Webster]

            I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls
            The burial ground, God's acre.        --Longfellow.
    
          [1913 Webster]

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