mile vs thou

mile

noun
  • Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values. 

  • Any similarly large distance. 

  • The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards. 

  • A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters) 

  • The Scandinavian mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 10 kilometers defined in 1889. 

  • An airline mile in a frequent flyer program. 

  • Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet. 

  • One mile per hour, as a measure of speed. 

  • Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl). 

thou

noun
  • A unit of length equal to one-thousandth of an inch (25.4 µm). 

  • A thousand, especially a thousand of some currency (dollars, pounds sterling, etc.). 

verb
  • To use the word thou. 

  • To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of contempt or familiarity. 

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