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beakment

beakment noun: a measure of a quarter of a peck.

Noun

beakment (plural beakments)

  1. (Northern England, dialectal, obsolete) A measure of a quarter of a peck.
    • 9. iij pecks and a beakment† of salt, iijˢ.1878, “The Household Books of the Lord William Howard, Of Naworth Castle”, in The Publications of the Surtees Society, volume 68, Surtees Society, page 26
    • Ann, wife of Richard Forster of Stocksfeild, did swing upon the rope, and, upon the first swing, she gott a cheese, and upon the second she gott a beakment of wheat flower, and upon the third swing she gott about halfe a quarter of butter to knead the said flower withall, they haveing noe power to...1889, A. Johnson, “Bywell”, in Archaeologia Aeliana, volume XIII, page 116

Forms of beakment

pluralbeakments

Origin of beakment

Corruption of beatment.

Questions about beakment

What does beakment mean?
Beakment means a measure of a quarter of a peck.
What part of speech is beakment?
Beakment is a noun.
What is the plural of beakment?
The plural of beakment is beakments.

Words near beakment in the dictionary

  1. beakirons
  2. beakish
  3. beakless
  4. beaklessness
  5. beaklike
  6. beakment
  7. beakments
  8. beaks
  9. beaks off
  10. beaksedge
  11. beaksedges

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