kroo

kroo (plural kroos or kroo)

1. An obsolete African unit of measure, varying by the type of produce.
   • 1845, The African Repository

     I raised, last year, rice, potatoes, and cassada, of which I had an abundance for my own use and a quantity for sale. I sold over 100 kroos of sweet potatoes, fifty kroos of cassada and fifty kroos of rice. Potatoes are worth 25 cents per kroo; cassada, 18 cents, and rice, half cleaned, $1.

• Koro, koro, roko, rook