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butt

There is an exact unit of volume called the

See Webster's dictionary:

Butt: a measure of liquid capacity equal to 126 gallons or two hogs heads.

From another dictionary:

An English butt is 2 hogshead of 54 imperial gallons each or ~129.7 US gallons (i.e., a UK butt is apparently slightly bigger than a US one).

A Spanish butt is based on a wine cask and is equivalent to 140 US gallons or ~116.6 UK gallons (i.e., a Spanish butt is bigger still).

So next time someone says they have a "butt load" of stuff, just remember, that is about two 55-gallon barrels worth of stuff.

To recap...

2 hogsheads (this is probably the easiest to remember for social occasions)

476.961 liters

126 gallons

104.917 UK gallons

13.5347 bushels

0.131592 cords

11.6574 firkins

4032 gills

21504 ponys

4032 noggins

1008 pints

96768 teaspoons

12.0308 ephahs

1.58987x10^7 drops

10752 jiggers

16128 shots

629.504 wine bottles

630 fifths

And the punchline...

1 butt equals:One microbutt = 0.0968 teaspoons.