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▪ I. ‖ mercal1 Indian.|ˈmɜːkəl|
Also mercall, marcal.
[Eng. pronunciation of Tamil marakkāl.]
A measure for grain used in Madras.
1776T. Brooks Coins E. Indies, etc. 7, 8 Measures are equal to 1 Mercal, 400 Marcals..1 Garse. 1803Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1837) II. 85 The small bags..filled up each to the full amount of three Mercalls or seventy two pounds. 1864W. A. Browne Money, Weights & Meas. 51, 8 Puddies = 1 Marcal, 5 Marcals = 1 Parah.
▪ II. mercal2 Sc.|ˈmɜːkəl|
Also 9 markal.
In Orkney and Shetland: The piece of timber carrying the plough-share, which was fastened into the lower end of the beam of a wooden plough.
1793Statist. Acc. Scot. VII. 585 A square hole is cut through the lower end of the beam, and the mercal, a piece of oak about 22 inches long, introduced. 1822Scott Pirate xviii, What manners are to be expected in a country where folk call a pleugh-sock a markal? |