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Definition of Liquid measure

1. Noun. A unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers).

Definition of Liquid measure

1. Noun. Any unit of measure for measuring the volume of a liquid. ¹

2. Noun. The measurement of the volume of liquids. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Liquid Measure

Literary usage of Liquid measure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1839)
"... a dry measure The vedro, a liquid measure The Russian inch The Russian foot ... a liquid measure The carro of wme is 24 barili The palmo, long measure ..."

2. Scientific American Reference Book by Albert Allis Hopkins, Alexander Russell Bond (1904)
"63 gallons ...... 1 hogshead (hhd.) 2 hogsheads ... 1 pipe or butt 2 pipes ........ 1 tun APOTHECARIES' liquid measure. pharmacists of this country. ..."

3. Higher Arithmetic, Or, the Science and Application of Numbers: Combining the by James Bates Thomson (1862)
"26O« The standard Unit of liquid measure adopted by the United States, is the Wine Gallon of 231 cubic inches, which is equal to ..."

4. Robinson's Progressive Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Theory of by Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish (1888)
"liquid measure, also called "Wine Measure, is used in measuring liquids ; as liquors, molasses, water, etc. TABLE. ..."

5. Introduction to The National Arithmetic: On the Inductive System Combining by Benjamin Greenleaf (1866)
"95, Wine or liquid measure is used in measuring all kinds of liquids, ... The Standard Unit of liquid measure adopted by the government of the United States ..."

6. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"... (3), a liquid measure. (Heb.) In Lev. xiv. ID. — Heb. log, a liquid measure, 12th part of a hin; orig. 'a basin. ..."

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