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Old Scottish unit of volume
system a firlot was equal to 4 pecks, and the boll was equal to 4 firlots. The first attempt of the Parliament of Scotland to define the firlot was in 1426
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Unit of volume with different values
about 13 litres (2.86 Imp gal) (in the case of barley, oats and malt). A firlot was equal to 4 pecks. Bushel Obsolete Scottish units of measurement Winchester
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Obsolete units of measurement formerly used in Scotland
needed] The system was based on the ell (length), stone (mass), and boll and firlot (volume). This official system coexisted with local variants, especially
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associated with the American and British half-pint rather than French units. Firlot Hekat Hogshead Homer House cord – a former U.S. unit of volume for stacked
List of obsolete units of measurement
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Major agrarian crisis in the Scottish Highlands from 1846 to 1857
variably defined, but can be taken, in context, to mean a quarter of a firlot, which in turn is a quarter of a boll. So one peck is 8.75 pounds or 4 kg
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Scottish land measurement
"Mary's Quarterland") Ceathramh was also used in Gàidhlig for a bushel and a firlot (or four pecks), as was Feòirling, the term used for a farthlingland. The
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called because a leap was a traditional name for a basket in Scotland. Firlot Charles Jones (1997), The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language, p. 422
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Human settlement in Scotland
Over-Auchentiber in the Bailiary of Cuninghame, which he holds for the payment of 10 firlots and 2 pecks of oatmeal from the feudal lord. John Dene or Deyne is recorded
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Handsome, Healthy
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Cow, Kritika Nakshatra
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Arabic, Hebrew
Wealthy
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Arthurian
, (Sir), a christened Saracen; brother of Palomides.
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Portuguese form of Latin Ulixes, probably ULISSES means "to be angry, to hate."
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Farmer.
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Religious Song of God
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Name of Closer
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Romanian name DORU means "longing."
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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.