单词 | quart measure |
释义 | > as lemmasquart measure C1. General attributive, in sense of ‘having a capacity of a quart’, as quart-ale, quart bottle, quart flagon, quart measure, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > bottle pottle bottle1393 quart bottle1454 flagon1470 demijohn1769 bidon1867 noggin bottle1894 Euro bottle1962 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > bottle > of specific size quart bottle1454 Winchester quart1742 1454 J. Russe in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 104 To sende hom wyn and ij quart botelys. 1597 Edinb. Test. XXX. f. 44, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) xxxiij quart flacconeis..twelf pynt flaconeis. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Quarta A quart measure. 1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iv. sig. Bb6 Thence to Lonesdale, where were at it Boyes that scorn'd quart-ale by statute. 1715 Boston News-let. 14 Feb. 2/2 About 2 or 3 Doz. quart Bottles of Canary Wine, 6 or 8 Pound of Spanish Snuff, a considerable quantity of Pepper. 1764 G. Colman in St. James's Chron. 7 July 4/2 To see a Man get into a Quart Bottle. 1768 P. Woulfe in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 521 (note) What goes by the name of a quart retort holds better than two gallons of water. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 131 He filled a quart flagon. 1891 H. J. Duckitt Hilda's ‘Where is it’ of Recipes 99 For White Sore Throat. Take half an ounce of chloride of potash, dissolved in a quart bottle of water. 1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xviii. 174 A negro maid entered, carrying a tray bearing a quart bottle of beer. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xi. 249 Luke had brown-bagged two quart bottles of beer from the hotel. 2006 Rockford (Illinois) Reg. Star (Nexis) 10 Apr. (Life & Style section) 2 He puts six eggs in a Pyrex quart measure, dumps in a handful of fresh snipped chives. < as lemmas |
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