GALLON  , an See also:

• ENGLISH

English measure of capacity, usually of liquids, but also used as a dry measure for See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

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 See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French jale, a bowl, but the ultimate origin is unknown; it has been referred without much plausibility to Gr. yavXbs, a See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk See also:

• PAIL

pail . The See also:

• BRITISH

British imperial gallon of four quarts contains 277.274 cub. in . The old English See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine gallon of 231 cub. in. capacity is the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard gallon of the See also:

• UNITED

United States .