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Webster 1913 Edition

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(a̤m or äm)

Noun.

[D.

aam

, fr. LL.

ama

; cf. L.

hama

a water bucket, Gr. [GREEK]]

A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36½, at Hamburg 38¼.

[Written also

Aum

and

Awm

Noun.

A measure of liquids among the Dutch equal to 288 English pints.