LITER, noun [Gr.] A French measure of capacity, being a cubic decimeter, containing, according to Lunier, about a pint and a half old French measure. The liter is equal to 60, 02800 cubic inches, or nearly 2 1/8 wine pints.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.