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- n. An old liquid measure.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the “almud” is about 1.4 gallons.
Etymologies
- Portuguese almude or Spanish almud, a measure of grain or dry fruit, from Arabic a dry measure. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The arrobe of Castile contains sixteen litres; the cantaro of Alicante, twelve; the almude of the Canaries, twenty-five; the cuartin of the”
“[21] The _almude_ is one-twelfth of a _fanega_, or about 4 1/4 United”
“The arrobe of Castile contains sixteen litres; the cantaro of Alicante, twelve; the almude of the Canaries, twenty-five; the cuartin of the Balearic Isles, twenty-six; the boot of Tzar Peter, thirty.”
“_ Fideputa, meo almude, que t̃es tu de ver com isso?”
“II, note 72; the _celemín_ is the same as the _almude_ (note 20,”
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