n. Scots A unit of liquid measure that is equal to 0.9 US pint (0.43 liter). [Middle English muchekyn, from Middle Dutch mudseken, diminutive of mutse, a kind of measure, from Latin modius, grain measure; see med- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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