Quarts
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Examples
- Oh yes, he said, I have a couple of quarts more up at the house! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The bag is opened, and several quarts of tin money shower down upon the stage till it is quite glorified with the glitter. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A good black ink can be made by boiling 3 pounds of logwood with sufficient water to leave a residue of 5 quarts. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Of these 15 had ensilage and straw only; 8 had ensilage and straw with grain, usually four quarts of bran added daily; and 9 ensilage, hay, and grain. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- They sat still as mice, and Susie cried quarts, I know she did. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A single plant of this species will give eight or ten quarts of milk per day. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I sent men out and culled two quarts of bugs, and tried every chemical I had to destroy them. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I'll buy you quarts if you want it, but for heaven's sake don't have hysterics, for I've brought Jack Scott home to dinner, and. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The hermit only replied by a grin; and returning to the hutch, he produced a leathern bottle, which might contain about four quarts. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- After he had been in the box an hour and a q uarter, he respired twenty quarts of pure nitrous oxide. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Editor: Rosanne