| 单词 | half-aum |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-aum half-aum n. now historical (South African in later use) a liquid measure equal to half an aum, typically 15 to 17 gallons (68 to 77 litres), chiefly used for wine and spirits; a barrel or other container of this capacity; cf. aum n.In South Africa the aum was replaced by imperial units which were made standard there in 1922. [Apparently after Dutch †halfaam (mid 17th cent. or earlier; Afrikaans halfaam).] Π 1723 Daily Courant 21 Feb. (advt.) For sale... 6 Aums, 1 half Aum of excellent young Hock, of the Growth of Year 1719. 1829 C. Rose Four Years S. Afr. 116 The boors left a half aum (a cask) of brandy wine in the bush, and we drank it, and the rest drank more than I did, and got drunk. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting 369 He helped considerably to lighten our half-aum of Pontac. 1926 P. W. Laidler Tavern of Ocean 37 On 16th June, 1663, the authorities seized four half-aums of Batavia arrack, all that was left of eleven smuggled ashore. 1993 A. Brink On Contrary i. 22 The price of a full half-aum of brandy. < as lemmas |
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