page_title: List of obsolete units of measurement
section_title: Volume (dry or liquid)
hierarchical_section_title: List of obsolete units of measurement / Volume (dry or liquid)
caption_attribution_description: English: Canadian glass milk bottles which were used circa 1950. One quart (1.14 l), one pint (0.57 l), both used for milk, and a half-pint (0.285 l), used for cream Français&#160;: Bouteilles de lait utilisées au Canada autour de 1950. Une pinte (1,14 l), une chopine (0,57 l), toutes deux pour le lait, et un demiard (0.285 l), pour la crème
context_page_description: This is a list of obsolete units of measurement, sorted by type. These units of measurement are typically no longer used, though some may be in limited use in various regions.
context_section_description: Acetabulum
  Adowlie
  Amphora
  Aum
  Belshazzar
  Botella − The Spanish for "bottle", which has been given various standard capacities at different times and places, and for different fluids. Often-cited figures include 0.95 liters in Cuba (1796), 0.75 liters in Cuba (1862) and 0.7 liters in Colombia (1957).
  Bucket
  Butt
  Chungah
  Congius
  Coomb
  Cord-foot –  a U.S. unit of volume for stacked firewood with the symbol cd-ft equal to 16 cu ft (0.45 m³)
  Cotyla
  Cran
  Cullishigay
  Deal – a former U.K. and U.S. unit of volume for stacked firewood. A U.K. deal equaled 7 ft × 6 ft × ​2 ¹⁄₂ in, while a U.S. deal equaled 12 ft × 11 in × ​1 ¹⁄₂ in.
  Demiard - an old French unit of volume. When France metricated, it survived in Louisiana and Quebec. The demiard eventually became associated with the American and British half-pint rather than French units. See the article on the demiard for details.
  Firlot
  Hekat
  Homer
  House cord – a former U.S. unit of volume for stacked firewood
  Kile
  Koku
  Lambda – an uncommon metric unit of volume discontinued with the introduction of the SI
  London quarter
  Lump of butter – used in the U.S., up to and possibly after of the American Revolution. It equaled "one well rounded tablespoon".
  Masu
  Metretes
  Octave
  Omer
  Pau
  Peck – the name of two different units of volume, one imperial and one U.S. Both equaled about 9 litres.
  Puddee
  Salt spoon – used in the U.S., up to and possibly after of the American Revolution. Four salt spoons equaled one teaspoon.
  Seah
  Ser
  Shipping ton – a unit of volume defined as 50 cu ft (1.4 m³)
  Stuck
  Wineglass – used in the U.S., up to and possibly after of the American Revolution. One wineglass equaled ​¹⁄₄ cup.
caption: Glass milk bottles from 1950s Quebec. From largest to smallest, they are a pinte (quart), a chopine (pint), and a demiard (half-pint).[7] The latter was used for cream.
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