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firlots

firlots is the plural of firlot.

Meaning of firlot

Noun

firlot (plural firlots)

  1. (Scotland) A measure of capacity, once used for corn etc, equal to four pecks.
    • [T]he valuation of lands, tenor of leaſes, the rents, the entails, rent charges, life rents, and payments for or out of land revenue, are all reckoned in Scotland by the chalder, boll, firlot, and lippy, and cannot be altered; [...]1786, Daniel De Foe [i.e., Daniel Defoe], “Appendix. Part I. Containing an Account of Transactions in both Parts of the United Kingdoms, subsequent to the Union; […]”, in A History of the Union...

Questions about firlots

What is firlots the plural of?
Firlots is the plural of firlot.

Words near firlots in the dictionary

  1. firkytoodles
  2. firkytoodling
  3. firless
  4. firlike
  5. firlot
  6. firlots
  7. firm
  8. firm error
  9. firm errors
  10. firm hand
  11. firm hand at the tiller

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