Capacity Measure
As a supplemental unit of Apothecary measure, the wineglass (also known as wineglassful, pl. wineglassesful, or cyathus vinarius in pharmaceutical Latin) was, defined as of a pint, or 2 fluid ounces (2 fluid ounces in the imperial system). An older version (before c. 1800) was 1 fluid ounces. These units bear little relation to the capacity of most contemporary wineglasses, or to the ancient Roman cyathus.
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