pint

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to ¹/₈ gallon or 16 ounces (0.473 liter).
2. n. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in dry measure, equal to ¹/₁₆ peck or ¹/₂ quart (0.551 liter).
3. n. A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in dry and liquid measure, equal to 0.568 liter. See Table at measurement.
4. n. A container with a pint capacity.
5. n. The amount of a substance that can be held in such a container.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A measure of capacity equal to half a quart. The imperial pint is 34.65925 cubic inches; the United States or old wine-pint, 28⅞ cubic inches (see gallon); the old customary ale-pint, 35¼ cubic inches; and the old Scotch pint, about 3 old English ale-pints or 105 cubic inches. There was also a local unit of weight of this name for butter, equal to a pound and a quarter.

Wiktionary

1. n. A unit of volume, equivalent to ⅛ of a gallon or
2. n. UK A pint of milk.
3. n. euphemistic A glass of beer, served by the pint.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See quart.
2. n. (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The laughing gull.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
2. n. a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart
3. n. a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches