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FIRLOT

Volume 7 · 41 words · 1797 Edition

a dry measure used in Scotland. The oat-firlot contains 214th pints of that country; the wheat-firlot contains about 221 cubic inches; and the barley-firlot, 31 standard-pints. Hence it appears that the Scotch wheat-firlot exceeds the English bushel by 33 cubic inches.