Home1771 Edition

FIRLOT

Volume 2 · 41 words · 1771 Edition

dry measure used in Scotland. The oat-firlot contains 21½ pints of that country; the wheat-firlot contains about 22⅛ cubical inches; and the barley-firlot, 31 standard pints. Hence it appears that the Scotch wheat-firlot exceeds the English bushel by 33 cubical inches.