单词 | dry measure |
例句 | A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Fat, fat, n. a vessel for holding liquids: a vat: a dry measure of nine bushels. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Ardeb, �r′deb, n. an Egyptian dry measure of 5� bushels. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z GALLON, an English measure of capacity, usually of liquids, but also used as a dry measure for corn. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The resultant compound seemed to me very nearly equivalent to half a bushel, dry measure. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Then there are also other forms of measures, dry measure—quarts, pecks, bushels; and liquid measure—quarts, gallons and barrels. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul They were of all sizes from a half-bushel down to a quart and used for "dry measure." Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War Bushel, boosh′el, n. a dry measure of 8 gallons, for measuring grain, fruit, &c. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z “Two thousand liquid make three thousand dry measure.” Hebrew Literature A "firlot" is a fourth part of a boll, dry measure. The Proverbs of Scotland A dry measure containing 80 bushels of corn. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. For instance, little Tirza Hemphill, before she learned to rattle off her table of dry measure, as other school children do, had discovered its scale for herself, by practical application. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Tables followed, eight and nine times; dry measure, and then questions were asked singly. A Little Girl in Old Salem Look up in any Bible dictionary, under "Weights and Measures," the approximate size of an "ephah," which was the common Hebrew unit of dry measure, and "hin," which was their common unit for measuring liquids. Hebrew Life and Times Standards of three capacities are fixed for Climax baskets—2, 4 and 12 quarts, dry measure. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 The high bailiff is to inspect the market, and see that justice takes place between buyer and seller; to rectify the weights and dry measures used in the manor. An History of Birmingham (1783) Of dry measure-- Half a gallon is a quarter of a peck.One gallon--half a peck.Two gallons--one peck.Four gallons--half a bushel.Eight gallons--one bushel. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches They had some property originally; and soon began to manufacture spinning-wheels, whips, sieves, mortars, brooms, scythe-snaths, and dry measures; they established also a tannery. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation The two families now raise a few garden seeds, make brooms, hair sieves, dry measures, keep a tan-yard, and make besides most of their home supplies. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation They are to have capacities only of one-half pint, 1 pint, 1 quart, or multiples of 1 quart, dry measure. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 The people raise garden seeds, make brooms, dry measures, wire sieves, and the old-fashioned spinning-wheel, which, it seems, is still used in Maine and New Hampshire by country-women to make stocking yarn. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation |
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