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pint

–noun

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.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME pynte < OF pinte or MD, MLG pinte

]

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n.

Abbr. pt. or p.
1. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to ¹/₈ gallon or 16 ounces (0.473 liter).
2. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in dry measure, equal to ¹/₁₆ peck or ¹/₂ quart (0.551 liter).
3. A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in dry and liquid measure, equal to 0.568 liter. See Table at measurement.
4. A container with a pint capacity.
5. The amount of a substance that can be held in such a container.
1. A container with a pint capacity.
2. The amount of a substance that can be held in such a container.

[Middle English pinte, a unit of volume, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *pīncta, mark on a container, from feminine of *pīnctus, alteration of Latin pictus, past participle of pingere, to paint; see peig- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pint

1384, from O.Fr. pinte (13c.), from V.L. *pincta (cf. O.Prov., Sp., It. pinta), perhaps ult. from L. picta "painted," fem. pp. of pingere (see paint), 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" (esp. in ref. to children) is recorded from 1938.

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

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pint [paint] noun

a unit for measuring liquids, one-eighth of a gallon (in Britain, 0.57 litre; in the United States, 0.47 litre)
Example: a pint of milk/beer

Arabic:	بايْنت: مِكْيال للسّوائِل
Chinese (Simplified):	品脱
Chinese (Traditional):	品脫
Czech:	pinta
Danish:	pint
Dutch:	pint
Estonian:	pint
Finnish:	pint
French:	pinte
German:	halber Liter
Greek:	μισόλιτρο (μονάδα μέτρησης)
Hungarian:	pint
Icelandic:	hálfpottur
Indonesian:	setengah liter
Italian:	pinta

Japanese:	パイント
Korean:	파인트(액량의 단위:미국에서는 0.47l, 영국에서는 0.57l)
Latvian:	pinte
Lithuanian:	pinta
Norwegian:	pint (ca. en halvliter)
Polish:	pół kwarty
Portuguese (Brazil):	quartilho
Portuguese (Portugal):	quartilho
Romanian:	pintă
Russian:	пинта
Slovak:	pinta
Slovenian:	pinta
Spanish:	pinta
Swedish:	pint
Turkish:	0.57 litrelik sıvı ölçüsü, paynt

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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 ¹/₂ of a quart or 34.6 cubic inches (about 0.55 liter). See Table at measurement.

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pint (pnt)
n.

A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. 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 U.S. Customary System, used in dry measure, equal to ¹/₂ quart or 0.551liter.

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Main Entry: pint
Pronunciation: 'pInt
Function: noun
: any of various measures of liquid capacity equal to one-half quart: as a : a U.S. measure equal to 16 fluid ounces, 473.176 milliliters, or 28.875 cubic inches b : a British measure equal to 20 fluid ounces, 568.26 milliliters, or 34.678 cubic inches

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Pint

Paint\ (p[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Painted; p. pr. & vb. n. Painting.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los many-colored, Skr. pi[,c] to adorn. Cf. Depict, Picture, Pigment, Pint.]

1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2 Kings ix. 30.

2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.

Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak.

Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight. --Shak.

3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.

4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.

Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. --Shak.

If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope.

Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.

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Pint

Pint\, n. [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.] A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart.

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