In Great Britain after 1824, a unit of liquid capacity in apothecaries' measure, = 3 fluid ounces, about 85.25 milliliters. Also used as a kitchen measure.
Crawford's Handbook for the Grocery and Kindred Trades.
Edinburgh, Wm. Crawford & Sons, Ltd. 1922.
Page 150.
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