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PINT (derived probably through Spanish, from Lat. pincta, pitta, a painted or marked vessel)

PINT (derived probably through See also:
SPANISH
Spanish, from See also:
LAT
Lat. pincta, See also:
PITTA
pitta, a painted or marked See also:
VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)
vessel) , a liquid measure of capacity, See also:

EQUIVALENT

equivalent toe of a See also:

GALLON

gallon . The imperial See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

PINT (derived probably through Spanish, from Lat. pincta, pitta, a painted or marked vessel)

pint =-- .57 of a litre, 34.66 cub. in . The See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

standard pint=--.47 of a litre, 288 cub. in . The word appears in See also:

French as pinte for a liquid measure as See also:

early as the 13th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century .

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