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forpit, forpet Sc. and north. dial.|ˈfɔːpɪt|
[corruption of fourth part.]
The fourth part of some other measure, now of a peck.
1793Statist. Acc. Scot., Lanarks. VI. 77 As much land as is requisite for sowing a cap-full, or forpet of seed. a1794in Ritson Sc. Songs I. 184, I ha'e brew'd a forpet o' ma't. 1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth p. vi, 4 lippies or forpits = 1 peck or 1/4 of a bushel or firlot respectively. 1824Scott Redgauntlet ch. vii, ‘A forpit or twa of sault.’ 1862Hunter Biggar & House of Fleming v. 60 Two pecks and two forpits of bear at the cost of 2/2d. 1892in Northumb. Gloss. |