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Webster 1913 Edition

(dē̍-sĕm′pē̍-dal)

Adj.

[L.

decem

ten + E.

pedal

Ten feet in length.

(Zool.)

Having ten feet; decapodal.

[R.]

Bailey.

Adj.

[L. decem, ten, and pes, a foot.] Ten feet in length.

DEC'EMVIR, n. [L. decem, ten, and vir, a man.] One of ten magistrates, who had absolute authority in ancient Rome.

DECEM'VIRAL, a. Pertaining to the decemvirs in Rome.

DECEM'VIRATE, n.

decempedal ‎(not comparable)

(obsolete) Ten feet in length or height.
- 1889, Archaeological Review, volume 3:
  It is well known that in classical times in Asia, measurements were made by original Stadia of six hundred feet (i.e., 400 sesquipedales cubits), whatever the foot might be, this representing 60 decempedal rods.