Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The principal dry measure of the old Scottish system.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Scotland A
measure ofcapacity , once used forcorn etc, equal to fourpecks
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Examples
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It is ffleaforcd with the fmall firlot, which is a great deal le& than that ufed for oats and barley.
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A "firlot" is a fourth part of a boll, dry measure.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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The poor man she declared to be her choice, but the purse-proud father declared his firlot of silver money, his twelve cows, and as many calves, his sheep and oxen, intended as his daughter's dower, would never enrich a pennyless man without houses and lands.
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He sold part of the lands, evacuated the old castle, where the family lived in their decadence, as a mouse (said an old farmer) lives under a firlot.
Chapter II 1917
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Prices are quoted in official circulars in every fashion, from the Mark-Lane quarter to the Scotch boll, the firlot, the load
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 Various 1836
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Firkin's new coat hung on him like a dreadnought, the sleeves coming over the nebs of his fingers, and the hainch buttons hanging down between his heels, making him resemble a mouse below a firlot.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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Firkin's new coat hung on him like a dreadnought, the sleeves coming over the nebs of his fingers, and the hainch buttons hanging down between his heels, making him resemble a mouse below a firlot.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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He sold part of the lands, evacuated the old cattle, where the family lived in their decadence as a mouse (said an old farmer) lives under a firlot.
Guy Mannering 1815
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He sold part of the lands, evacuated the old cattle, where the family lived in their decadence as a mouse (said an old farmer) lives under a firlot.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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He sold part of the lands, evacuated the old cattle, where the family lived in their decadence as a mouse (said an old farmer) lives under a firlot.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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