pint Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
  2. noun a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches
    dry pint.
  3. noun a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart

WordNet

Pint noun
Etymology
OE. pinte, F. pinte, fr. Sp. pinta spot, mark, pint, fr. pintar to paint; a mark for a pint prob. having been made on or in a larger measure. See Paint.
Definitions
  1. A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart.
Pint noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The laughing gull. Prov. Eng.

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