Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Pharmacology A gallon.
- noun An ancient Roman measure for liquids, equal to about seven eighths of a US gallon (3.3 liters).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A measure of capacity among the ancient Romans, the eighth part of the amphora.
- noun In pharmacy, a gallon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Roman Antiq.) A liquid measure containing about three quarts.
- noun (Med.) A gallon, or four quarts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An ancient Roman liquid measure, being six
sextarii or one eighth of anamphora ; also used as a weight measure during the reign of Vespasian, being the weight of that volume of water.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, a liquid measure, from Latin, from Greek konkhion, diminutive of konkhē, konkhos, shellful.]
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