Sentence:  They poured their wine by the aume or the fust, and cut their cloth by the goad—not to be confused with the gawd, which was a measure of steel. Their <WSD>nook</WSD> was not cosy; it covered 20 acres. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An English unit of land area, originally ¼ of a yardland but later 12½ or 20 acres.