Firlot

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Firlot \Fir"lot\, n. [Scot., the fourth part of a boll of grain,
     from a word equiv. to E. four + lot part, portion. See
     {Firkin}.]
     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. --Brande & C.
     [1913 Webster]