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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

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pl.

Heminae

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[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK].]

(Rom. Antiq.)

A measure of half a sextary.

Arbuthnot.

(Med.)

A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.

Noun.

[L.] In Roman antiquity, a measure containing half a sextary, and according to Arbuthnot, about half a pint English wine measure.

In medicine, a measure equal to about ten ounces.