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A Spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons.

A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.

ve new peers. Smollett. The mildness and precision of their laws ascertained the rule and measure of taxation. Gibbon.

, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration. Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, . . . Assault his ears. Dryden.

To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties. To assert one's self, to claim or vindicate one's rights or position; to demand recognition.

A statute or ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients and the price of articles sold in the market; as, the assize of bread and other provisions; (2) A statute fixing the standard of weights and measures.

An officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures, etc.

The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes.

for blood. Pope. The ministry not atoning for their former conduct by any wise or popular measure. Junius.

The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0º Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris. Sir W. Thomson.

To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects. What cares must then attend the toiling swain. Dryden.

A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); -- now superseded by the meter.

That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc. Hence:

An instrument to measure the growth of plants. Goodale.

purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate. Struggling to redeem, as he did, the available months and days out of so many that were unavailable. Carlyle. Having no available funds with which to pay the calls on new shares. H. Spenser.…

Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs.

An Irish measure of two feet in length.

A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.

Of or pertaining to weight, esp. to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by the barometer.

Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch. John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky.