Definition of Firlot

1. 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.

Definition of Firlot

1. Noun. (Scotland) A measure of capacity, once used for corn etc, equal to four pecks ¹

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Definition of Firlot

1. an old measure of grain etc [n -S]

Medical Definition of Firlot

1. 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. Origin: Scot, the fourth part of a boll of grain, from a word equiv. To E. Four + lot part, portion. See Firkin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Firlot

firing pins
firing range
firing ranges
firing squad
firing squads
firing up
firings
firked
firkin
firking
firkins
firks
firless
firlike
firlot (current term)
firlots
firm
firm omelet
firm power
firm up
firmament
firmamental
firmaments
firman
firmans
firmed
firmer
firmer chisel
firmers

Literary usage of Firlot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Caledonia: Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, from by George Chalmers (1890)
"... and 7 bolls, 1 firlot of in others it is named Houstoun. Chart. Paisley. The descendants of Hugh assumed from the place the local surname ..."

2. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson (1899)
"... 191 Litster, Alexander, 183 Little firlot—Armorial Bearings of the Burgh of Aberdeen, i58 Lockwood's Aberdeenshire Descent, Sir Frank, 78 Longmuir, ..."

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