, a dry measure used in Scotland. The oat-firlot contains 21 1/4 pints of that country, or about 85 English pints; and the barley-sirlot, 31 standard pints. The wheat firlot contains about 2211 cubic inches; and therefore exceeds the English bushel by 60 cubic inches, or almost an English quart.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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