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FIRLOT

Volume 8 · 46 words · 1823 Edition

a dry measure used in Scotland. The oat firlot contains 214th pints of that country; the wheat firlot contains about 2111 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.