pint; the British unit of the same name is 1/20 of an imperial pint and is thus slightly smaller than the U.S. fluid ounce. Units of Dry Measure For dry measure, or dry capacity, the basic unit is the bushel, which is divided into 4 pecks, 32 dry quarts, or 64 dry pints. The...
rod, old English measure of distance equal to 16.5 feet (5.029 metres), with variations from 9 to 28 feet (2.743 to 8.534 metres) also being used. It was also called a perch or pole. The wordrodderives from Old Englishroddand is akin to Old Norserudda(“club”). Etymologicallyrodis ...
rodndated(unit of linear measure)(英式长度单位)SCSimplified Chinese杆 TCTraditional Chinese杆 / 桿 The surveyor measured the tract of land in rods. rodnUS, slang(pistol, revolver)SCSimplified Chinese左轮手枪zuǒ lún shǒu qiāng TCTraditional Chinese左輪手槍 ...
Archaic.a unit of square measure, 30.25 square yards (25.29 sq. m); square perch or pole. a stick, or a bundle of sticks or switches bound together, used as an instrument of punishment. punishment or discipline: Not one to spare the rod, I sent him to bed without dinner. ...
A rod is a unit of length, equal to 11 cubits, 5.0292 metres or 16.5 feet. A rod is the same length as a perch[1] and a pole. The lengths of the perch (one rod) and chain (four rods) were standardized in 1607 by Edmund Gunter. The length is equal to the standardized length ...
A measure of land equal to roughly 25 square miles. I need a measurement of the available land in square rods, please. See also: rod, square stick to beat (someone or something) with Something, often a mishap or misdeed, that is used as an excuse for criticism. Even the slightest mist...
As a unit of measure (5½ yards or 16½ feet, also calledperchorpole) first attested mid-15c., from the stick used to measure it off. As a measure of area, "a square perch," from late 15c., the usual measure in brickwork. Meaning "light-sensitive cell in a retina" is from ...
I notched a rod and used it to measure the length of rope to cut. (archaic) A unit of length equal to 1 pole, a perch, ¼ chain, 5½ yards, 16½ feet, or exactly 5.0292 meters (these being all equivalent). 1842, Edgar Allan Poe,‘The Mystery of Marie Rogêt’: ‘...
a.a unit of length equal to 5 yards b.a unit of square measure equal to 30 square yards 8.(Building) a straight narrow board marked with the dimensions of a piece of joinery, as the spacing of steps on a staircase 9.(Mechanical Engineering) a metal shaft that transmits power in axia...
As a unit of linear measure (5½ yards or 16½ feet, also calledperchorpole) attested from late 14c., from the pole used to mark it off. As a measure of land area, "a square perch," from late 14c., the usual measure in brickwork. Meaning "light-sensitive cell in a retina" ...