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YARD |
Imperial measure |
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FOOT |
Imperial measure |
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PINT |
Imperial measure |
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ACRE |
Imperial land measure |
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INCH |
Imperial measure; progress slowly |
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MUCHKIN |
A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint. |
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CHETVERT |
A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial
quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels. |
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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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HOGSHEAD |
An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine
gallons, or about 52/ imperial gallons; a half pipe. |
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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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FIRKIN |
A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth
part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial
gallons. |
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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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KILOLITRE |
A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a
thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04
imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic inches. |
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FIRLOT |
A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of
a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the
imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000. |
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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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HECTOLITRE |
...;
equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26/ gallons of wine measure,
or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten
decal... |