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noun
A unit of fluid capacity approximately equal to three-quarters of an imperial pint (0.43 litres)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
a Scottish unit of liquid measure equal to 0.9 United States pint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: liquid unit, liquid measure
History
From Middle Dutch mudseken (“mutchkin”), from mutse (“mutch”), from Classical Latin modius (“peck; Roman dry measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med-.
