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The Tause was a Swiss measure of volume for liquids and dry things.

Liquids: 1 tause = ½ bucket = 2 quarters
Dry goods: 1 thaw = 3 quarters
Zurich , liquids: 1 tause = 25 to 30 measure

In Swabian the term Tause stands for a “can”.

literature

Joachim Heinrich Campe : Dictionary of the German language: S and T (with a supplement). Volume 4, school bookshop, Braunschweig 1810, p. 788.
Leipzig concise dictionary of trading, accounting and goods knowledge together with a European trading address book. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1819, p. 1073.

Individual evidence

^ Johann Georg Krünitz : Economic Encyclopedia. (on-line).