Unfortunately for your correspondents the OED has been deemed legally to be a
reliable source of definitions especially as it includes the sources of its
information which is more than most people posting to this list are prepared
to do. Obviously it is not foolproof
The onus is therefore on correspondents to prove the OED wrong which they
could start by showing that a volumetric measuring device for chaldrons
existed in the post Restoration period
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