Joug
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The joug or Scottish pint was a Scottish
unit of measurement of liquids that was in use from at least 1661, (possibly 15th century), until the early 19th century. Bakers used the measure until the late 19th century.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
unit of measurement of liquids that was in use from at least 1661, (possibly 15th century), until the early 19th century. Bakers used the measure until the late 19th century.
- 1 pint is sixteen gillsGill (unit)The gill is a unit of measurement for volume equal to a quarter of a pint. It is no longer in common use, except in regard to the volume of alcoholic spirits measures but it is also kept alive by the occasional reference, such as in the cumulative song, "The Barley Mow".Imperial gillUnited States...
- 1 pint is four mutchkinMutchkinDisambiguation: a "mutchkin" can also refer a close-fitting Scottish cap.The mutchkin was a Scottish unit of measurement of liquids that was in use from at least 1661, , until the late 19th century. The word was derived from mutse - a mid 15th-century Dutch measure of beer or wine...
s - 1 pint is two chopins
- 8 pints makes up a gallonGallon (Scots)The Scots gallon was a Scottish unit of measurement of liquids that was in use from at least 1661, , until the mid 19th century. It was approximately three times larger than an Imperial gallon that was adopted in 1824....
- A pint or joug is equivalent to 1696 mlLitrepic|200px|right|thumb|One litre is equivalent to this cubeEach side is 10 cm1 litre water = 1 kilogram water The litre is a metric system unit of volume equal to 1 cubic decimetre , to 1,000 cubic centimetres , and to 1/1,000 cubic metre...
in metricMetric systemThe metric system is an international decimalised system of measurement. France was first to adopt a metric system, in 1799, and a metric system is now the official system of measurement, used in almost every country in the world...
measurements or roughly three Imperial pintsPintThe pint is a unit of volume or capacity that was once used across much of Europe with values varying from state to state from less than half a litre to over one litre. Within continental Europe, the pint was replaced with the metric system during the nineteenth century...
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