pint
[pahynt]
- a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
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Origin of pint
1350–1400; Middle English pynte < Old French pinte or Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pinte
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Contemporary Examples
That year, on August 10, the first woman stepped in for a pint.
I order a pint a Fula Farmacia, Casa Bruja's 4.7 percent Blond Ale.
As President, the Father of the Constitution James Madison drank a pint a day.
This continues until an impossibly huge amount of ice cream is compressed into the pint.
Franklin might have been describing James Madison, father of the Constitution, who drank a pint of whiskey every day.
Historical Examples
His own contained still about a pint, and this he poured into one of hers.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
To two quarts of oysters add a pint of water, and let them set an hour.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
When the soup is nearly done, stir in half a pint of Madeira.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
Stir them for some time into half a pint of thick melted butter.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
Have ready a pint of rice that has been well picked, washed, and soaked.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
pint
- a unit of liquid measure of capacity equal to one eighth of a gallon. 1 Brit pint is equal to 0.568 litre, 1 US pint to 0.473 litre
- a unit of dry measure of capacity equal to one half of a quart. 1 US dry pint is equal to one sixty-fourth of a US bushel or 0.5506 litre
- a measure having such a capacity
- British informal
- a pint of beer
- a drink of beerhe's gone out for a pint
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French pinte, of uncertain origin; perhaps from Medieval Latin pincta marks used in measuring liquids, ultimately from Latin pingere to paint; compare Middle Low German, Middle Dutch pinte
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Word Origin and History for pint
n.
mid-14c., from Old French pinte "liquid measure, pint" (13c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *pincta (source of Old Provençal, Spanish, Italian pinta), altered from Latin picta "painted," fem. past participle of pingere "to paint" (see paint (v.)), on notion of a painted mark on a vessel indicating this measure. Used elliptically for "pint of ale" (or beer) from 1742. Pint-sized "small" (especially in reference to children) is recorded from 1938.
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pint
(pīnt)- A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to 16 fluid ounces, 28.875 cubic inches, or .473 liter.
- A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in dry measure, equal to 12 quart or 0.551liter.
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pint
[pīnt]
- A unit of liquid volume or capacity in the US Customary System, equal to 16 fluid ounces or 28.88 cubic inches (about 0.47 liter).
- A unit of dry volume or capacity used in the US Customary System, equal to 12 of a quart or 34.6 cubic inches (about 0.55 liter). See Table at measurement.
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