liquid measure
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The glasses have clear markings that denote a specific metric liquid measure, such as the half-liter for its golden helles, a German-style lager served in a large mug.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2019
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2015
Mutchkin, much′kin, n. a Scottish liquid measure of four gills, or forming one-fourth of a Scottish pint.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Chopin, chop′in, n. an old French liquid measure containing nearly an English imperial pint: a Scotch measure containing about an English quart.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Hence the bigoncio would = a bushel, or, in old liquid measure, about a firkin.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
