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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(derived probably through Spanish, from Lat. pincta, pitta, a painted or marked vessel), a liquid measure of capacity, equivalent to s of a gallon. The imperial British pint = 57 of a litre, 34.66 cub. in. The United States standard pint = 47 of a litre, 28'i cub. in. The word appears in French as pirate for a liquid measure as early as the 13th century.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pint'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/pint.html. 1910.
 
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