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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Firlot, n. Also: (firthelota,) firlote, -loit, -lott, fyrlot; fir-, fyrlat; fyrlete, firlet. [Var. of Ferlot. See also Forlot and Furlot.]

1. The fourth part of a boll.(a) 1264 Exch. R. I. 2.
[j firlotam et dimidium firthelote Ib. 7.]
ij bolle et j firthelota 1426 Acts II. 13/2.
A firlot of quhete, half a firlot of peis 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 166.
Ilke man sal gife a bol of quhet … and a firlot of pes 1515 Treas. Acc. V. 39.
For thre bollis, thre firlottis smydde coill 1532 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 59.
The maltmen … to sell thair malt … for xxx ij s. the laid, and the laid to contene nyne fyrlottis 1549 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 439.
Payand … ane boll thre firlottis meill and malt equalie 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 367.
Ane boll of quheit, ane boll ane firlote beir 1636 Strathbogie Presb. 7.
For the maintenance of the schoolemaister ane firlot victual every pleugh 1662 Soc. Ant. XXII. 232.
The said Janet Mailer got firlot about with her neighbours 1695 Corshill Baron Ct. 190.
In … payment of six firlotis … of eaten corn be his bestiall(b) 1493 Dunferm. B. Rec. 47.
Payande yeyrly thairfor ten firlatis of meyll 1542 Reg. Cupar A. II. 182.
For … Sanct Niniane croft ij b[ollis] ij firlattis ordei 1571 Inverness B. Rec. I. 204.
Thre firlottis half fyrlat aittis 1600 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 274.
That thai sell … the nyne firlettis grund malt … for tuelf pund 1637 Ann. Banff. 80.
The wyving of ane hewit fingring plaid, 20 s., with ane firlet meill to the bountay

2. A measure containing this amount. c1420 Wynt. ii. 442.
Ceres … Fyrst gert corne wytht mesure mete, As boll, or pek, or wytht fyrlete 1468 Peebles B. Rec. 158.
[The] custumaris haid of the townys ix firlottis and iij pekis 1517 Misc. Spald. C. II. 79.
ix trein firlottis … x trein pekkis 1555 Acts II. 496/2.
All mesouris, baith pynt, quart, fyrlot, peck, … stane and pund, to be of ane quantitie to by with 1587 Ib. III. 522/1.
The wydnes … of the quhilk firlot … sall contene auchtene insches 1597 Stirling Chart. I. 223.
The counsale hes ordanit [four men] to mett the firlettis with the jug 1618 Acts IV. 587/1.
The … other firlot conteining twentie ane pincts & ane mutchkin 1652 Peebles B. Rec. II. 7.
The present magistrattes … to meit upon Fryday nixt for measuring the tounes firloittes and peckes 1694 Pr. Inchmahome 164.
Ane malt firlot, meall firlot, ane peck, ane lippiefig. 1573 Cath. Tr. 20/15.
Gif the kirk this mony hundreth yeris hath remanit inuisible, Christ hath collocat his euangell vnder ane firlot