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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: measure, estimate, largely.
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: measure, estimate, largely.
Anglemeter
noun · 78% connection
An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, estimate, largely.
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: measure, estimate, largely.
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: measure, estimate, largely.
Broad
superl. · 78% connection
Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the litera…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, estimate, largely.
Commensurable
adjective · 78% connection
Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, estimate, largely.
Commensurate
adjective · 78% connection
Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, estimate, largely.
Dimension
noun · 78% connection
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, estimate, largely.
Estimate
verb · 78% connection
To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, estimate, largely.
Fanega
noun · 78% connection
A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/ to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, estimate, largely.
Fathom
verb · 78% connection
The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, estimate, largely.
Finger
noun · 78% connection
The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domesti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, estimate, largely.
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: measure, estimate, largely.
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: measure, estimate, largely.
Gauge
verb · 78% connection
To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, estimate, largely.
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: measure, estimate, largely.
Hin
noun · 78% connection
A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, estimate, largely.
