Stuck (unit)

German wine casks: on the right is a Stückfass of 1400 L

Stuck was a form occasionally found in English writing as a corruption of the German "Stück", itself an abbreviation of Stückfass (formerly written Stückfaß), referring to the volume of a wine cask of around 1000-1200 litres.[1] It was normally used in reference to German wine production.[2][3][4][5]

## References

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1. ^ Adelung, Johann Christoph (1801). Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart. Vol. 4. Leipzig. pp. 466–467.
2. ^ Cardarelli, François (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. London: Springer. pp. 46. ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.
3. ^ Gyllenbok, Jan (2018). Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures. Vol. 3\. Birkhäuser. p. 2370\. ISBN 9783319667126.
4. ^ Jerrard, H. G. (1986). A Dictionary of Scientific Units: Including dimensionless numbers and scales. Springer Science & Business. p. 178\. ISBN 9789401705714.
5. ^ "WEIGHTS AND MEASURES - NOW AND THEN". orrnamestudy.com. Retrieved 2019-05-20.

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Imperial units

Comparison with US customary system

Length|

* Twip
* Thousandth of an inch
* Barleycorn
* Inch
* Hand
* Link
* Foot
* Yard
* Fathom
* Rod
* Chain
* Gunter's chain
* Furlong
* Cable
* Mile
* Nautical mile
* League

Area|

* Square inch
* Square foot
* Square yard
* Perch
* Rood
* Acre
* Square mile

Volume|

| Derived|

* Cubic inch
* Cubic foot
* Hoppus
* Cubic yard
* Cubic mile
* Tmcft

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Cooking|

* Teaspoon
* Tablespoon
* Fluid ounce
* Cup
* Pint
* Quart
* Trade gallon
* Gallon

Other|

* Chaldron
* Minim
* Gill
* Fluid Scruple
* Fluid Drachm
* Peck
* Bushel
* Barrel
* Stuck
* Hogshead

Speed|

* Miles per hour

Mass|

* Grain
* Drachm
* Ounce
* Pound (mass)
* Stone
* Quarter
* Slug
* Long hundred
* Hundredweight
* Ship load
* Ton

Pressure|

* Ksi
* Pounds per square inch

Other units and measures|

* British thermal unit
* Degree
* Fahrenheit
* Rankine
* Foot-candle
* Foot-pound
* Foot-poundal
* Horsepower
* Horsepower-hour
* Kenning
* Pound (force)
* Pound-foot
* Poundal
* Span
* Spinning count

Related systems|

* Avoirdupois system
* English units
* Winchester
* Exchequer
* English Engineering units
* Foot–pound–second system (FPS)
* Twenty-foot equivalent unit

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