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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 629 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PINT (derived probably through
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Spanish, from
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Lat. pincta,
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pitta, a painted or marked
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vessel)  , a liquid measure of capacity,
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equivalent toe of a
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gallon . The imperial
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British
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pint =-- .57 of a litre, 34.66 cub. in . The
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United States
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standard pint=--.47 of a litre, 288 cub. in . The word appears in
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French as pinte for a liquid measure as
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early as the 13th
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century .

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