Sip size

The sip measure , also sieve measure , was a Saxon grain measure and a measure for dry things. It applied in the so-called Meißnische and Altenburgischen . It is not clear whether the term is derived from a sieve or from a vessel such as tub or Zober.

4 Sip size = 1 bushel = 3.5 measure = 4 Metzen

literature

Pierer's Universal Lexicon. Volume 16. Altenburg 1863, p. 138.

Individual evidence

^ Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade science for merchants and manufacturers: Volume 2. Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 566
↑ Adelung: Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect. Volume 4. Leipzig 1801, p. 110.

[1] Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade science for merchants and manufacturers: Volume 2. Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 566

[2] Adelung: Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect. Volume 4. Leipzig 1801, p. 110.