Stick (unit)
{{Short description|Unit of measurement}}
The stick may refer to several separate units, depending on the item being measured.
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Length
In typography, the stick, stickful, or {{nowrap|stick of type}} was an inexact length based on the size of the various composing sticks used by newspaper editors to assemble pieces of moveable type.{{sfn|Jackson|1937|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=YYuaAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA70 p. 70]}}{{sfnp|Pasko|1894}}{{sfnp|Williamson|1984|p=xliii}} In English-language papers, it was roughly equal to 2 column inches or 100–150 words.{{sfnp|Williamson|1984|p=xliii}} In France, Spain, and Italy, sticks generally contained only between 1 and 4 lines of text each.{{sfnp|Pasko|1894}} A column was notionally equal to 10 sticks.{{sfnp|OED|1916}}{{sfnp|Campbell-Copeland|1893|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=v3nYwTJDPwkC&pg=PA39 p. 39]}}
{{anchor|Butter}}
Mass
{{see also|Butter#Packaging}}
File:Stick-of-butter-salted.jpg
In American cooking, a {{nowrap|stick of butter}} is taken to be 4 ounces (about 113 g).{{sfnp|Bloom|2007|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=cyR9VsqMvJsC&pg=PA31 p. 31]}}{{sfnp|Butter Baking|2015}}
Volume
In American cooking, a stick of butter may also be understood as ½ cup or 8 tablespoons (about 118 mL).{{sfnp|Bloom|2007|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=cyR9VsqMvJsC&pg=PA31 p. 31]}}{{sfnp|Butter Baking|2015}}
See also
References
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=Bibliography=
- {{Citation |ref={{harvid|OED|1916}} |title=Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. |contribution=stick, n.¹ |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=1916 }}.
- {{Citation |last=Bloom |first=Carole |title=The Essential Baker: The Comprehensive Guide to Baking with Chocolate, Fruit, Nuts, Spices, and Other Ingredients |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cyR9VsqMvJsC |date=2007 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |location=Hoboken |isbn=9780764576454 }}.
- {{Citation |ref={{harvid|Butter Baking|2015}} |author=Natasha |title=Butter Baking: A Blog of Baked Goods |contribution=Baking Conversions |contribution-url=http://www.butterbaking.com/conversions/ |date=2015 |access-date=30 April 2015 }}.
- {{Citation |last=Campbell-Copeland |first=Thomas |title=The Ladder of Journalism: How to Climb It |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3nYwTJDPwkC |location=New York |publisher=Gibb Bros & Morgan for Allan Forman |date=1893 }}.
- {{Citation |last=Jackson |first=Hartley Everett |title=26 Lead Soldiers: Printing Types, Methods, Machines |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYuaAAAAIAAJ |date=1937 |publisher=Stanford University Press |location=Redwood City |isbn=9780804710862 }}.
- {{Citation |last=Pasko |first=Wesley Washington |title=American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking: Containing a History of These Arts in Europe and America, with Definitions of Technical Terms and Biographical Sketches |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_QUAAAAIAAJ |contribution=Stickful |contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_QUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA529 |page=529 |location=New York |date=1894 |publisher=Howard Lockwood & Co. }}.
- {{Citation |last=Williamson |first=Richard D. |title=Journalist 3&2 |volume=1 |contribution=Glossary |publisher=Naval Education & Training Program Development Center |date=1984 | hdl = 2027/uiug.30112074941706 }}.
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