Bushel measure
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A container that contains exactly one bushel (four pecks), used as a measuring device for commodities sold by the bushel.
"By the Act of Queen Anne, a bushel measure should be chained to a post in the centre of every fruit market, and the clerk of the market bound to measure by it upon payment of 1 d."
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More examples"By the Act of Queen Anne, a bushel measure should be chained to a post in the centre of every fruit market, and the clerk of the market bound to measure by it upon payment of 1 d."