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PINT |
Imperial liquid measure |
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MUCHKIN |
A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint. |
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VEDRO |
A Russian liquid measure, equal to 3.249 gallons of U. S.
standard measure, or 2.706 imperial gallons. |
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TERTIAN |
A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy
imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun. |
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TIERCE |
A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is,
forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or
thirty-five imperial, gallons. |
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ANKER |
A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch
anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old
wine gallons, or 8/ imperial gallons. |
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VAT |
...pecially, a
liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter
of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, ... |
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OUNCE |
Liquid measure |
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QUART |
Liquid measure |
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LITRE |
Liquid measure |
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YARD |
Imperial measure |
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FOOT |
Imperial measure |
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AREOMETRIC |
Liquid measure |
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GILL |
Liquid measure |
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ACRE |
Imperial land measure |
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DRACHM |
Former liquid measure |
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GALLON |
Former liquid measure |
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INCH |
Imperial measure; progress slowly |
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POTTLE |
A liquid measure of four pints. |
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CONGIUS |
A liquid measure containing about three quarts. |