A
dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth
part of a
boll of
corn 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 corn, from a
word equiv. To E. Four +
lot part, portion. See Firkin.
Source: Websters Vocabulary