- Eight pints - Former liquid measure - Measure equal to eight pints - Measure of eight pints - A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for
the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.
- 1/16 of pound - 1/16th of a pound - 1/16th pound - 16th of pound - Announcement carried a bit of weight - Announcements carry little weight - Cup part
- Fluid unit - Liquid measure - Two pints - The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth. - A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure;
the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints. - A vessel or measure containing a quart. - In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf.
Tierce, 4.
- Cloth measure - Former measure of length - metal finish - Obsolete measure equivalent to 115cms - Pipe bend - unit of measuring length, 45 inches - A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different
lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the
Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.