forpitforpetn.
/ˈfɔːpᵻt/, U.S. /ˈfɔrpət/, Scottish English /ˈforpət/ Scottish and northern dialect.
The fourth part of some other measure, now of a peck.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > peck > quarter of a peck
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1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 77 As much land as is requisite for sowing a cap-full, or forpet of seed.
a1794 in Ritson Sc. Songs I. 184 I ha'e brew'd a forpet o' ma't.
1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth p. vi 4 lippies or forpits = 1 peck or ¼ of a bushel or firlot respectively.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. vii. 140 ‘A forpit or twa of saut.’
1862 W. Hunter Biggar & House of Fleming v. 60 Two pecks and two forpits of bear at the cost of 2/2d.
1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Forpet, or For-pit, a measure.
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