imperial liquid measure
41gill — I. /gɪl / (say gil) noun 1. an aquatic respiratory organ, typically of a fish, either external or internal, usually feathery, plate like, or filamentous. 2. one of the radiating vertical plates on the underside of the cap of an agaric. 3. the… …
42quart — I. /kwɔt / (say kwawt) noun 1. a liquid measure of capacity in the imperial system, equal to a quarter of a gallon, or approx. 1.137 litres. 2. a vessel or measure holding a quart. {Middle English, from French quarte, from Medieval Latin quarta… …
43fluid ounce — [flo͞o΄id ouns′] a unit of liquid measure, equal to 1/ 4 gill or 1/ 16 pint or 8 fluid drams (29.5734 milliliters): the British and Canadian imperial fluid ounce equals 1/ 20 of an imperial pint or 28.4122 milliliters: abbrev. fl oz …
44minim — [min′im] n. [ME mynym (in MINIM sense 3) < L minimus, least: see MINIMUM] 1. the smallest unit of liquid measure, equal to 1/ 60 fluid dram or about half a drop (0.0616 milliliter): the British and Canadian imperial minim equals 1/ 60 of an… …
45chaldron — noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels • Hypernyms: ↑British capacity unit, ↑Imperial capacity unit …
46Anker — An ker, n. [D. anker: cf. LL. anceria, ancheria.] 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 81/2 imperial gallons. [1913 Webster] …
47Mutchkin — Mutch kin, n. A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] …
48Tertian — Ter tian, n. [L. tertiana (sc. febris): cf. OF. tertiane.] 1. (Med.) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day. [1913 Webster] 2. A liquid measure …
49Tierce — Tierce, n. [F. tierce a third, from tiers, tierce, third, fr. L. tertius the third; akin to tres three. See {Third}, {Three}, and cf. {Terce}, {Tercet}, {Tertiary}.] 1. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty two wine gallons; …
50tierce — noun /ˈtɪəs,ˈtɪɚs,ˈtɜːs/ a) 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. Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re enacted that the tun… …
