hin
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9.9
- noun
- /hɪn/
- Archaic
:
hin
Examples
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But the first thing is to find hin first.
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You know how Ruby is abou hin mea for sandwiches.
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"It used to be a battle against the fruit flies; we had to spray insecticides about once a week," says Aloun Farms crop care manager Joseph Liu Man Hin.
Academic text (2004) -
In ancient times, a family would use a hin of olive oil to sustain themselves for several months.
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The priest measured wine in a hin for the ritual sacrifice.
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She poured a hin of water into the large clay pot for cooking.
Synonyms
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4.1
A measure for how much liquid there is, like a litre
A unit that tells how much liquid is in a container, like a cup or liter
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hin comes from ancient Hebrew and was the name for a fixed amount of liquid used in the Bible for oil and wine. A helpful way to remember it is to think of hin as an old 'gallon' for religious use, which is why hin now means a measure of about 1.5 gallons or 5.7 liters.