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Webster 1913 Edition
Bovate
Bo′vate
,Noun.
[LL.
bovata
, fr. bos
, bovis
, ox.] (O. Eng. Law.)
An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bovate
BO'VATE
,Noun.
An ox-gate, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; Cowell says 28 acres.