kruch

Definitions

1. 1.
   regionala unit of measurement of salt, equivalent of one cetnar (64,80kg until 1819; afterwards 40,55 kg until conversion to metric system); a hundredweight of salt

   • Frustum salis gruzeł soli kruch soli Banci snlis in frusta concussi et centenariatim venditi Rejestr Bonaru 1544 bałwany soli na bochny czyli kruchy potłuczone i na wagę na centnary przedawane.

     Frustum salis gruzeł soli salt stone Banci snlis in frusta concussi et centenariatim venditi Rejestr Bonaru 1544, or a broken up salt stone and sold by weight of one hundredweight.

2. 2.
   regionalany piece of salt bigger than about 1kg; a salt stone

   • Zaproszony z tej okazji do Senatu wójt gminy Bochnia, przekazał marszałkowi Borusewiczowi piękny kruch solny.

     The bailiff of the municipality was invited to the Senate for the occasion, and a beautiful salt stone was given to Marshal Borusewicz.

   • [...];kruch soli bocheńskiej szarej, drobnoziarnistej, ok. 20 mln lat, waga 15 kg;[...]

     …; the stone of grey, fine-grained, Bochnia salt, around 20 milion years old, 15 kilograms in weight …

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