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OUNCE |
Liquid measure |
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QUART |
Liquid measure |
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PINT |
Liquid measure |
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LITRE |
Liquid measure |
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AREOMETRIC |
Liquid measure |
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GILL |
Liquid measure |
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DRACHM |
Former liquid measure |
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GALLON |
Former liquid measure |
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POTTLE |
A liquid measure of four pints. |
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CONGIUS |
A liquid measure containing about three quarts. |
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FLOUNCE |
Go off in a huff to get small liquid measure |
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MUCHKIN |
A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint. |
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SEXTARY |
An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an
English pint. |
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CANTARRO |
A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to
four gallons. |
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MINIM |
The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the
sixtieth part of a fluid drachm. |
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HYDRODYNAMOMETER |
An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid
current by the force of its impact. |
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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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ARROBA |
A Spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and
for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons. |
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CHOPIN |
A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain,
varying from half a pint to a wine quart. |
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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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KILDERKIN |
A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing
eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United
States measure. |
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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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HOMER |
A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths,
equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry
measure, ten... |
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VAT |
A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a
liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter
of the metr... |