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What is a pood?

What is a pood? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg (approximately 36.11 pounds).
  2. A Russian unit of mass used for kettlebells, now rounded off to 16 kg (about 35.274 pounds).
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When the pay-dirt is reached, its depth and the number of zolotniks of gold in every pood taken out are ascertained.
From one pood of dirt, of course unusually rich, Mr. Kaporaki obtained 24 zolotniks, or three ounces of gold.
We have bought clover seed at ten roubles a pood, but we have no money left for oats.
Flour, for instance, was from three to five roubles the pood,13 and deer from three to five roubles each.
To solve the problem, Pood Point contacted Heraeus and the Neston company sent an infra-red test unit out to Dubai for trials.
Over this spread a pood of tar, and fasten upon it another hide.

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