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‖ steekkan|ˈstikkan| Also 8 stekan, stakan, 8–9 steekan, steckan, 9 stechkanne. [Du. steekkan, f. steke-n to broach, tap (= steek v.2) + kan can n.] A Dutch liquid measure containing half an anker or about 51/8 gallons English measure.
1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Measure 517/1 Dutch Liquid Measures... The Mingle is divided into two Pints... The Stekan, or Stekamen, contains sixteen Mingles. 1753Stakan [see anker 1]. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) X. 718/2 The aume is reckoned at Amsterdam for 8 steckans. 1834McCulloch Dict. Comm. (ed. 2) 34 s.v. Amsterdam, The aam liquid measure = 4 ankers = 8 steckans. 1847–54in Webster; and in some later Dicts. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Steekkan, Stechkanne, a Dutch liquid-measure, the 12th part of a barrel. |