1) Unit of volume
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In Scotland, the firlot was a dry measure used until the introduction of Imperial units by the Weights and Measures Act 1824. By an Act of the Scottish Parliament of 1617, the commissioners` firlot of Linlithgow was made the standard for the whole of Scotland, but, in fact, two units were defined for different commodities. The first, which `con......
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• (n.) A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000.
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Fir'lot noun [ Scot., the fourth part of a boll of grain, from a word equiv. to English
four + lot part, portion. See
Firkin .] A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barl...
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The firlot was an old Scottish measure of capacity containing a quarter of a boll, being 2214 cubic inches of wheat and 3232 cubic inches of barley.
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