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Wineglassful   Listen
adverb
Wineglassful  adv.  As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Wineglassful" Quotes from Famous Books



... Wylie drank a wineglassful neat, and gave a sort of sigh of satisfaction. And then ensued a dialogue, in which, curiously enough, the brave man was agitated, and the timid man was cool and collected. But one reason was, the latter had not ...
— Foul Play • Charles Reade

... thinner, it should "mask the spoon," and if the addition made to it is of a kind to dilute it, as mushrooms and part of their liquor, it must be rapidly boiled down to the original thickness. In the same way, when ingredients have to be simmered in the sauce—and this is very often the case—then a wineglassful or half one of broth or stock should be allowed for ...
— Choice Cookery • Catherine Owen

... grains of the powdered seeds may be taken in a wineglassful of hot water. But for children half an ounce of the bruised seeds are to be infused in cold water for six hours, and from 1 to 3 teaspoonfuls of this ...
— Food Remedies - Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses • Florence Daniel



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