Measures of Capacity.

Imperial Measures.Equivalents in Metric Measures.
Decilitres.Litres.Decalitres.Hectolitres.
Gill= 1·41983= 0·14198
Pint or 4 gills= 5·67932= 0·56793
Quart or 2 pints...= 1·13587
Gallon or 4 quarts...= 4·54346
Peck or 2 gallons...= 9·08692= 0·90869
Bushel, or 8 gallons, or 4 pecks......= 3·63477
Quarter or 8 bushels.........= 2·90781

Cubic Measure.

Imperial Measures.Equivalents in Metric Measures.
Cubic Centimetres.Cubic Decimetres.Cubic Metres.
Cubic inch16·38618
Cubic foot or 1728 cubic inches...28·31531
Cubic yard or 27 cubic feet......0·76451

Weights.

Imperial Weights.Equivalents in Metric Weights.
Grams.Decagrams.Kilograms.Millier or Metric Ton.
Grain= 0·06479895
Dram= 1·77185
Ounce, avoirdupois, or 16 drams, or 437·5 grains= 28·34954= 2·83495
Pound, or 16 ounces, or 256 drams, or 7000 grains= 453·59265= 45·35927= 0·45359
Hundredweight or 112 lbs.......= 50·80238
Ton or 20 cwt.......= 1016·04754= 1·01605
Ounce, troy, or 480 grains= 31·103496= 3·11035

WELD. Syn. Woald. The Reseda luteola (Linn.), an herbaceous annual employed by the dyers. A decoction of the stems and leaves gives a rich yellow to goods mordanted with alum, tartar, or muriate of tin. See Yellow Pigments.

WELSH RARE′BIT. Prep. Cut slices of bread, toast and butter them; then cover them with slices of rich cheese, spread a little mustard over the cheese, put the bread in a cheese-toaster before the fire, and in a short time serve it up very hot.

WEN. The popular name of pulpy, encysted, and fleshy tumours of the face and neck.

WET (to keep out from Gun Locks). In giving hints to sportsman going to Norway, Mr. Lock, in his book on ‘Sport in Norway,’ gives some capital advice on this subject, which would be equally serviceable in wet weather in England. Sportsmen will do well, he says, to remove the locks from their rifle and gun, oil them with a little Rangoon oil, lay them on the hob of the fireplace until they are quite hot, and then wipe them as dry as possible with a little cotton waste, so that there will be no superfluous oil left to clog the works. While the locks are getting hot get a little beeswax and melt it in a cup, and with the tip of a penknife carefully pay, as though you were using putty to place in a pane of glass, though more sparingly, the wooden ledges where the lock-plates rest when in their places, in such a manner that none of the wax gets into the places hollowed out to receive the works of the lock. When the warm locks are put back in their places, and screwed up tight, the wax will adhere to the edge of the lock-plates and the wood wherein they bed, and effectually render them impervious to wet. The sportsman can afterwards, when stalking, push his rifle through wet grass, and use his fowling-piece when the water, after a shower, drops from the trees upon him as he forces his way between the wet branches, without fear of the wet making its way into the locks.