GALLON  , an

English measure of capacity, usually of liquids, but also used as a dry measure for corn . A gallon contains four quarts . The word was adapted from an O . Norm . Fr. galon, Central Fr. jalon, and was Latinized as gals, and "gallna . It appears to be connected with the modern French jale, a bowl, but the ultimate origin is unknown; it has been referred without much plausibility to Gr. yavXbs, a milk pail . The British imperial gallon of four quarts contains 277.274 cub. in . The old English wine gallon of 231 cub. in. capacity is the standard gallon of the United States .