1.0Glossaryhttps://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossaryGlossaryhttps://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/author/adminglossary/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="rf8nHMBEJa"><a href="https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/pint/">Pint</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/pint/embed/#?secret=rf8nHMBEJa" width="600" height="338" title="“Pint” — Glossary" data-secret="rf8nHMBEJa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> The name of the liquid measure known as the pint derives from the same source as pinto, as in pinto bean or pinto horse. Both words, pint and pinto, derive from the Latin pictus, meaning painted: the bean and the horse acquired their name because they are both characterized by their dappled colour. The liquid measure, however, acquired the name pint at the end of the fourteenth century thanks to the mark painted on large containers, such as a quart or gallon, to gauge what amount within them constituted a pint. The origin of quart—from Latin quartus, meaning one quarter—is more readily apparent, given that a quart is one fourth of a gallon; more surprising is that quart is related to the word quarantine, a word that originally referred to the forty days that a widow could remain in her house without being evicted by creditors (the Latin quadraginta, meaning forty, became the Italian quaranta, the source of quarantine). Quart is first recorded in the early fourteenth century, about sixty years before the appearance of pint. Gallon, however, is older than both of these; first recorded at the very beginning of the fourteenth century, gallon derives from the French jalon, which in turn developed from the Latin galleta, meaning vessel for wine.A unit of measurement of liquids ( = about 0.56 of a litre).A measure of quantity containing 16 fluid ounces (wine measure) or 20 fluid ounces (Imperial measure). The metric equivalent is 568 millilitres.