Vedro

Quick meaning: Vedro is a noun meaning A Russian liquid measure, equal to approximately 2.7 imperial gallons.

Meaning

A Russian liquid measure, equal to approximately 2.7 imperial gallons.

Example Sentences

The native cows are small and ugly animals, and do not give on an average more than 60 vedra of milk a year (1 vedro = 2¾ imp. gallons).

We ourselves have not much to live upon. In fact a little water is all that I have swallowed since morning, though I have just disposed of three vedra of wine in the town.

In 1913, 1,788,824 vedra of vodka (a vedra^([sic]) is 2.7 gallons) were consumed in Volhynia, at a cost of $7,500,000. This means on an average twenty bottles of high percentage alcohol raw potato spirit in the year for every person, including babies.

Measures which have exercised a material influence on the rise of the revenue are: the increase (from October 14, 1908) of the price on Crown spirit by 40 kopeks on the vedro, which for 1911, with a consumption of 91.3 million vedra, amounted to 36.5 million roubles; […]

Word Forms

• vedros
• vedra

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