okshoofd

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• Dutch units of measurement — Relief on the gable of De Waag at the Markt in Gouda The Dutch units of measurement used today are those of the metric system. Before the 19th century, a wide variety of different weights and measures were used by the various Dutch towns and… …   Wikipedia

• Hogshead — Hogs head, n. [D. okshoofd; akin to Sw. oxhufvud, Dan. oxehoved, G. oxhoft; apparently meaning orig., ox head, but it is not known why this name was given. Cf. {Ox}, {Head}.] 1. An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ОКСОФТ — Мера жидких тел в разн. странах = от 10 до 18 ведер. Словарь иностранных слов, вошедших в состав русского языка. Чудинов А.Н., 1910. ОКСОФТ англ.; голл. okshoofd. Мера жидких тел от 10 до 18 ведер. Объяснение 25000 иностранных слов, вошедших в… …   Словарь иностранных слов русского языка

• Oxhoft — (»Ochsenhaupt«, in Erinnerung an die Weinschläuche aus Rindsleder), ein früheres Maß für Wein und Spirituosen, meistens 11/2 Ohm: in Preußen = 206,105 Lit., in Lübeck = 218,251 L., in Hamburg = 217,366 L., in Braunschweig = 224,845 L, in Rußland… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• hogshead — large cask or barrel, late 14c., presumably on some perceived resemblance. The original liquid measure was 63 old wine gallons (by a statute of 1423); later anywhere from 100 to 140 gallons. Borrowed into other Germanic languages, oddly, as ox… …   Etymology dictionary

• Wein — 1. Abgelegener Wein macht ungelegene Köpfe. 2. Allezeit Wein oder Wasser trinken ist nicht lustig. – Froschm., BVI. 3. Allkant Wein ist mein Latein, wirfft den Bawren vber die Zäun vnd stosst die Burger an die Schienbein. – Fischart, Gesch., in… …   Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon