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- noun 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. measure. In Turkey the “almud” is about 1.4 gallons.
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- noun An old
liquid measure .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The arrobe of Castile contains sixteen litres; the cantaro of Alicante, twelve; the almude of the Canaries, twenty-five; the cuartin of the
Les Miserables 2008
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[21] The _almude_ is one-twelfth of a _fanega_, or about 4 1/4 United
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The arrobe of Castile contains sixteen litres; the cantaro of Alicante, twelve; the almude of the Canaries, twenty-five; the cuartin of the Balearic Isles, twenty-six; the boot of Tzar Peter, thirty.
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The arrobe of Castile contains sixteen litres; the cantaro of Alicante, twelve; the almude of the Canaries, twenty-five; the cuartin of the
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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_ Fideputa, meo almude, que t̃es tu de ver com isso?
Four Plays of Gil Vicente Gil Vicente 1501
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II, note 72; the _celemín_ is the same as the _almude_ (note 20,
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