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

Log, log, n. a Hebrew liquid measure, believed to be very nearly an English pint.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

But milk is in units of liquid measure; gold in incommensurable units of Troy weight.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)

HOGSHEAD, a cask for holding liquor or other commodities, such as tobacco, sugar, molasses, &c.; also a liquid measure of capacity, varying with the contents.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various