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Meanings of verst in inglés

An obsolete Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres.

Usage of verst in inglés
1
Slimak met him when he was about a verst from the cottage.
Selected Polish Tales
2
There was still a half-verst to go through the wood on foot.
The Created Legend
3
But suddenly the ciphers on a verst stone leap to the eye!
Dead Souls
4
By now my folk will have gone many a verst in that direction.
Through Russia
5
Malcolm Hay drew rein half a verst from the Church of St. Andrea.
The Book of All-Power
6
They are making a thorough search over every verst of it.
The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love
7
He accordingly ran on towards this house, still about half a verst distant.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
8
The kibitka was now only half a verst from Krasnoiarsk.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
9
Scouts confirmed that it lay no more than half a verst to the west.
The apocalypse reader
10
At that moment, a noise was heard on the road, about half a verst distant.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
11
Onward they flew, covering verst after verst of loneliness.
Tom Swift and His Air Glider; Or, Seeking the Platinum Treasure
12
You've to mow a verst to earn ten kopecks!
Creatures That Once Were Men
13
It was half a verst to the artillery commander's, the whole road ran between the tents.
Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian
14
I saw sights which amply repaid me, if I wanted repayment, for every verst I tramped.
A Tramp's Sketches
15
I've mowed a verst and earned a kopek!
Twenty-six and One, and Other Stories
16
A last effort! And he plunged into the river, which here was half a verst in width.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
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