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Anker

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A former spelling of anchor.
  • A simplified spelling of anchor.
  • noun. A former spelling of anchor.
  • noun. A liquid measure formerly used in England, and still common throughout Germany, Russia, and Denmark, having a capacity varying in different places from 9 to 10⅓ gallons. In Scotland it was equal to 20 Scotch pints. Also spelled anchor.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 81/2 imperial gallons.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity
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