muid

In French, various large measures of capacity. From the Latin modius. Conceptually, the muid was originally a wagon load.

1

In the Seychelles, ? – 20th century, a unit of capacity, approximately 268.2 liters.

United Nations, 1966.

2

In France, ? – 19th centuries, a unit of capacity, its size and subdivisions varying with commodity and region. According to Doursther (1840), from whom most of the following equivalents are taken, the muid was only used in accounts; actual measurements were made in boisseaux.

For wheat and most grains, 1873.17 liters by the standard of Paris. By the standard of Rouen, 2184 liters.

For oats, 3746.39 liters.

For salt:

Locale	The muid of salt, in liters
Paris	2497.59
Marennes, Brouage, La Tremblade, Île d'Oléron, Nantes. La Rochelle	1200
grand muid of La Tremblade	2400
Croisic and Noirmoutiers	3000

For charcoal, 4162.66 liters.

For plaster, 936.66 liters.

For rock (in St. Leu), 7 cubic pied or 1 demi-tonneau.

By the decree of 13 Brumaire an IX, the kiloliter could be called a muid.

3

In Switzerland, the Muid, 150 liters (about 4.25 U.S. bushels).

Doursther reports two earlier values:

at Neuchâtel, the muid of grain, about 365.62 liters = 3 sacs = 24 émines or setiers = 192 pots = 576 copets. The muid of wine, or führling, also 365.62 liters = 5 gerles or karrenbutte = 12 setiers or eimer = 24 brochets or stutze = 192 pots or mass.
in the canton of Vaud, 1350 liters, = 10 sacs = 100 quarterons or geltes = 1000 émines or mines = 10,000 copets or fünftelein.

4

In Cape Verde, a unit of capacity for salt sold to Antwerp, 2800 liters.

5

In Brussels, Belgium, a unit of capacity for wheat, about 292.55 liters = 6 rasières = 12 halster = 24 viertel or quartiers = 96 picotins = 108 lots or geltes = 120 molstervat = 432 pots wallons or pintes of wine.