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Congius

A liquid measure containing about three quarts.

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Barrel 70% connected

A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bushel 70% connected

A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

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Firkin 70% connected

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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Quart 70% connected

The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.

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Gallon 92% connected

A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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