lass [Swedish]
In Sweden, a variety of units of mass used in trade in hay:
- the lass = 40 lispund (about 340 kilograms), described in a royal resolution of 4 March 1774.
- the sommarlass = 25 lispund (about 212.5 kilograms)
- the vinterlass = 30 lispund (about 255 kilograms)
Lindtstedt (1883)
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