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  2. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    1 ⁄ 16 cup 1 ⁄ 2: 14.7868 2 tablespoons = 1 fluid ounce fluid ounce: fl.oz. or oz. 1 ⁄ 8 cup 1 29.5735 2 fluid ounce = 1 wineglass wineglass‡ wgf. 1 ⁄ 4 cup 2 59.1471 2 wineglasses = 1 teacup gill‡ or teacup‡ tcf. 1 ⁄ 2 cup 4 118.294 2 teacups = 1 cup cup: C 1 ⁄ 2 pint 8 236.588 2 cups = 1 pint pint: pt. 1 ⁄ 2 qt 16 473.176 ...

  3. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Volume was measured in ngogn (equal to 1000 cubic potrzebies), mass in blintz (equal to the mass of 1 ngogn of halva, which is "a form of pie [with] a specific gravity of 3.1416 and a specific heat of .31416"), and time in seven named units (decimal powers of the average earth rotation, equal to 1 "clarke").

  4. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.

  5. Avoirdupois - Wikipedia

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    Avoirdupois (/ ˌ æ v ər d ə ˈ p ɔɪ z, ˌ æ v w ɑːr dj uː ˈ p w ɑː /; [1] abbreviated avdp.) [2] is a measurement system of weights that uses pounds and ounces as units. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was first commonly used in the 13th century AD and was updated in 1959.

  6. Jessica Simpson details secret romance with 'massive movie ...

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    In a new short story for Amazon Original Stories, the singer detailed a secret romance she had with a "massive movie star" years ago. The entertainer reveals a lot about their romance — how they ...

  7. List of obsolete units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Large sack – a unit of mass equal to 2 (new) sacks; Long ton; Lot; Mark; Munjandie; Oka; Pao; Passeree – a unit of mass equal to about 4.6 kg (10.1412640605 lb) Pennyweight; Pood; Roll – a U.K. unit of mass for butter and cheese [7]: 46 equal to 24 oz (680 g) [7]: 52 Room – a U.K. unit of mass of coal equivalent to 15,680 lb (7,110 kg ...

  8. Fluid ounce - Wikipedia

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    In 1824, the British Parliament defined the imperial gallon as the volume of ten pounds of water at standard temperature. [2] The gallon was divided into four quarts , the quart into two pints, the pint into four gills , and the gill into five ounces; thus, there were 160 imperial fluid ounces to the gallon.

  9. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...