Butt (Unit)

Short description: Unit of liquid volume

The butt is an obsolete English measure of liquid volume equalling two hogsheads, being between 450 and 1,060 litres (99 and 233 imp gal; 120 and 280 US gal) by various definitions.^[1]

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A butt approximately equated to 108 imperial gallons (130 US gallons; 491 litres) for ale or 126 imperial gallons (151 US gallons; 573 litres) for wine (also known as a pipe), although the Oxford English Dictionary notes that "these standards were not always precisely adhered to".^[1]^[2]

The butt is one in a series of English wine cask units, being half of a tun.^{[citation needed]}

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Butt, n.2". Oxford English Dictionary. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/25362.
↑ Ciphering (1833). Ciphering made easy, or, An attempt to render simple and interesting the first four rules of arithmetic.. p. 84. ISBN 978-0559229732. https://books.google.com/books?id=egTQ97Zf5k8C&q=butt dry measure&pg=PA84. Retrieved 2016-03-18.

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[oed-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Butt, n.2". Oxford English Dictionary. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/25362.

[ciphering-2] Ciphering (1833). Ciphering made easy, or, An attempt to render simple and interesting the first four rules of arithmetic.. p. 84. ISBN 978-0559229732. https://books.google.com/books?id=egTQ97Zf5k8C&q=butt dry measure&pg=PA84. Retrieved 2016-03-18.

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Butt (Unit)

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