Octarius

//ɒkˈtɛəɹi.əs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system. historical

    "The college take for their standard the exchequer wine measure of the realm, which they divide into the octarius or pint, the eighth part of a gallon; the fluid ounce, equal the sixteenth part[…]"

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octavius

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"The college take for their standard the exchequer wine measure of the realm, which they divide into the octarius or pint, the eighth part of a gallon; the fluid ounce, equal the sixteenth part[…]"

Etymology

From New Latin octarius.

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