pint

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
pint
    n 1: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal
         to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
    2: a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic
       inches [syn: {pint}, {dry pint}]
    3: a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two
       pints equal one quart
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pint \Pint\, n. (Zool.)
   The laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pint \Pint\, n. [OE. pinte, F. pinte, fr. Sp. pinta spot, mark,
   pint, fr. pintar to paint; a mark for a pint prob. having
   been made on or in a larger measure. See {Paint}.]
   A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills,
   -- used in liquid and dry measures. See {Quart}.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
PINT
       PSTN INTernet Interworking [group] (PSTN, IETF)
       
    

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