ARU'RA, noun [Gr.] Literally, as authors suppose, a plowed field. According to Herodotus, and Suidas, the arura of Egypt, was a piece of ground fifty feet square. Others make it a square of 100 cubits; others of 100 feet. The Grecian aroura was a square measure of half the plethron. [See Aroura.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI