单词 | winchester gallon |
释义 | > as lemmasWinchester gallon a. (a) Winchester measure: dry and liquid measures the standards of which were originally deposited at Winchester. Also figurative. So (b) Winchester bushel, Winchester gallon, for which (c) Winchester is used for short (in druggists' use = Winchester quart n. at sense 1b); in modern use (see quots. 1959, 1972); also Winchester bottle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific measures or standards water metOE measurec1350 water met1426 water measure1465 Winchesterc1550 Pool measure1701 mgd1955 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > bottle > other specific types of bottle blacking bottle1838 long neck1840 bocal1847 Winchester1862 pinch bottle1916 (a) 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) vii. 55 Theire bushell beinge more then doble winchester.] (b)1702 Act 1 Anne Stat. 2. c. 3 §6 A Bushel according to the Standards remaining in the Custody of the Chamberlains of Her Majesties Exchequer commonly called..by the Name of the Winchester Bushel.1737 Act 10 Geo. II c. 30 §2 All Oysters which shall..be imported from France.., shall..be rated at seven Pence per Bushel strike Measure, according to the Winchester Corn Bushel.1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 92 The lords of the manor of Tetbury..were convicted..for not using in the public market a brass Winchester bushel.1791 Encycl. Brit. (Dublin ed.) V. 102/2 268·8 cubic inches to the Winchester gallon.1835 Act 5 & 6 William IV c. 63 §6 Be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act the Measure called the Winchester Bushel, and the Lineal Measure called the Scotch Ell,..shall be abolished.(c)a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 68 Seal'd Winchesters of Three-penny Guzzle.1722 E. Ward Wand'ring Spy: Pt. II 67 [They] Call'd for full Winchester's of Stout.1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 87 Bay-salt..is sold to the husbandman from four-pence to six-pence a winchester.1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 88 Each bushel three winchesters, or twenty-four gallons.1862 Chemist & Druggist 15 Feb. (Advt. section) 37/1 Druggists' Bottles... Winchester, 100 oz.1880 J. Dunbar Pract. Papermaker 66 The ‘Winchester’ is duly labelled.1905 W. L. F. Wastell & R. C. Bayley Hand Camera 145 (note) A ‘Winchester’, or ‘Winchester Quart’, is a bottle holding eighty ounces.1959 Gloss. Packaging Terms (B.S.I.) 28 Winchester, a term applied to round, narrow or wide-mouth bottles usually used for the distribution of chemicals or pharmaceutical products.1963 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 191 59 The author suggests that the Winchester bottle was thus named by the druggists who utilised it for supplying the [Winchester] hospital's drug orders.1972 Bottlers' Year Bk. 1972–3 423 Winchester, a large bottle of variable capacity used for soluble essences, etc., usually containing from about 6 to 10 lb. of the product.c1550 Skelton's Ghost 23 in S.'s Wks. (1843) II. 154 Full Winchester gage We had in that age. 1670 Act 22 Chas. II c. 8 §1 The Standard marked in his Majestyes Exchequer commonly called the Winchester Measure containing Eight Gallons to the Bushell. 1680 V. Alsop Mischief Impositions xiii. 94 The Advice to those in Communion with the Church, was short and sweet, but the Dissenters shall now have it by Winchester measure. ?c1682 J. Warburton Treat. Hist. Guernsey (1822) 114 The Guernsey bushel, great measure, contains about 6 gallons, Winchester measure. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 337/2 An Halfe Peck, of old it contained 5 Quarts, but by Winchester Measure to which by the Statute of the Land all others now conforme, is but 4 Quarts and a Pint. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. i. 228 An acre has been known to yield 300 bushels (Winchester measure) of early potatoes for the first crop. 1860 All Year Round 25 Aug. 479 A runlet (two gallons, Winchester measure). < as lemmas |
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