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Hectolitre, Hectoliter n. A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26½ gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten decaliters, or about 2 5/6 Winchester bushels.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hectolitre" Quotes from Famous Books

... does not supersede the foolish one is that the sensible measurement has the fool tag on it. Who could imagine ever going into a store and asking for seven decimetres and nine centimetres of picture-moulding, or dropping into the corner grocery to buy a hectolitre of green onions? When man dug gold and iron and tin out of the earth he made things with them. Now when we discover a new mineral we dub it "molybdenum" and let it rust in innocuous ease. When man loses the art of nervous speech, ...

— The New North • Agnes Deans Cameron

... ordinary consumption are very much cheaper in Freeland than in any other part of the civilised world. The average price of a cwt. of wheat is 6s; a pound of beef about 2-1/2d., a hectolitre (twenty-two gallons) of beer or light wine 10s., a complete suit of good woollen clothing 20s. or 80s., a horse of splendid Arab stock 15L, a good milch cow 2L, &c. A few articles of luxury imported from abroad are dear—e.g. certain wines, and those ...

— Freeland - A Social Anticipation • Theodor Hertzka

Words linked to "Hectolitre" : metric capacity unit, dkl, dekalitre, kiloliter, hl, dekaliter, cubic metre, dal, decaliter