Awm

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aam \Aam\ ([add]m or [aum]m), n. [D. aam, fr. LL. ama; cf. L.
     hama a water bucket, Gr. ?]
     A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different
     cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp
     361/2, at Hamburg 381/4. [Written also {Aum} and {Awm}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Awm \Awm\ ([add]m), n.
     See {Aam}.
     [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  AWM, or AUME. An ancient measure, used in measuring Rhenish wines it
  contained forty gallons.