Al-mūde′, n.

n. [Pg. almude, Sp. almud, a measure of grain or dry fruit; Ar. al-mudd, a dry measure; Heb. mad, a measure, from Ar. maddā, to extend by stretching.] A variable measure for liquids and grain in Spain and Portugal, ranging for liquids from three gallons and a half to five and a half, English measure, and for grain from three pints and a half to eleven pints. Simmonds.