▪ I. garce
(gɑːs)
Also garse.
[a. Telugu gārisa (Yule).]
‘A cubic measure for rice, etc. in use on the Madras coast, as usual varying much in value. Buchanan (infra) treats it as a weight’ (Yule).
| 1752 T. Brooks Weights & Meas. E. Ind. 6 Grain Measures..1 Garse, 8400 lbs. 0 oz. Avoirdupoise. 1759 in A. Dalrymple Orient. Repert. (1793) I. 120 Rice may be bought for about 12 Pagodas a Garce. 1807 F. Buchanan Journ. Mysore etc. I. 6 The proper native weights..are..20 Baruays (Candies) 1 Gursay, called by the English Garse..The Garse [is] nearly 1205 lbs. 1811 P. Kelly Univ. Cambist I. 121 Madras..The Garce, corn measure, contains 80 Parahs or 400 Marcals. Ibid., Madras..The Gursay (called by the English Garce) contains 20 Baruays. |
▪ II. garce
var. garse n. Obs.