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British system

noun

A system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint. Synonyms: British Imperial System, English system.

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... gates against them, except so far as suited his own purposes. The disappearance of American merchant ships from the high seas corresponded to the void occasioned by the blockade of American staples of commerce. The only serious abatement from this generalization arises from the British system of licenses, permitting the egress of certain articles ...

— Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 - Volume 2 • Alfred Thayer Mahan

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... a new Chief of Staff at the War Office, Sir William Robertson, who had served for seven years as a private before he received his commission as an officer, singularly expressing in his career the character of the British system, which leaves open to merit the door at the head of a long stairway which calls for hard climbing. England believes in men and he had earned his way to the direction of the most enormous plant with the largest personnel which the British Empire had ...

— My Second Year of the War • Frederick Palmer

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Words linked to "British system" : British Imperial System, system of weights and measures, avoirdupois unit