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
Children love to measure, whether by lineal or liquid measure, or by learning to tell the time or to use a pair of scales.
From The Child under Eight by Murray, E. R. (Elsie Riach)
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
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
