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Aam
noun · 78% connection
A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at Ha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Almude
noun · 78% connection
A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Alnager
noun · 78% connection
A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Arroba
noun · 78% connection
A Spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Bath
noun · 78% connection
A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five qu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Boll
noun · 78% connection
A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Boor
noun · 78% connection
A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Cantarro
noun · 78% connection
A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Chopin
noun · 78% connection
A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Clinker
noun · 78% connection
A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Decalitre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gall…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Ell
noun · 78% connection
A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Ethylene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Firkin
noun · 78% connection
A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Firlot
noun · 78% connection
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 b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Fritillaria
noun · 78% connection
A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial (Fritillaria imperialis) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower (F. Melea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Gallon
noun · 78% connection
A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
Hectolitre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26/ gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, measure, various, countries, europe.
