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braza
[ brah-thah, -sah ]
noun
, plural bra·zas [brah, -thahs, -sahs].
- a unit of length in some Spanish-speaking countries, representing the reach of outspread arms, officially 5.48 U.S. ft. (1.67 meters) in Spain and 5.68 U.S. ft. (1.73 meters) in Argentina.
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When they are thirsty, the Indians cut off a braza, and a quartillo of fluid runs out of it, which is good and healthful.
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Banana leaves, which are one braza long and one-half braza wide, serve them as napkins.
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The braza is called dipa; that of the city is of sixty points, into which the six feet contained in it are divided.
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The bar of the river is not more than one braza deep; and its coast thereabout, for more than twenty leagues, is very forbidding.
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This bird lays its eggs in the sand, a braza deep, at the edge of the water.
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