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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Furlot(t, Furlet(t, n. Also: furlat(t, -lit(t, -lite. [Var. of Firlot. Cf. Forlot, Fourlet.]

1. A firlot or bushel.(a) c1420 Wynt. ii. 444 (W).
[Ceres] First gert corne with mesour met, As boll or furlot 1529 Edinb. B. Rec. II. ii.
Ane furlot of aitis quhilk was dicht in Richert Joysis barn 1539 Ib. 74.
[A] decreitt … for v furlotts quheitt 1593 Conv. Burghs I. 414.
To reforme all wountit abusis of thair mettis of pect and furlott 1634 Kirkcaldy Presb. 76.
He … said he should give her ane furlott of beare a1598 Fergusson Prov. (1641) 15.
Mony words fils not the furlot 1660 Melrose R. Rec. I. 300.
Ten furlots of oats(b) 1546 Reg. Cupar A. II. 35.
Sewin bollis tway furlattis mele 1558 Rentale Dunkeld. 356.
Tua furlattis lyme to mend the riggin of the houssis 1594 Paisley B. Rec. 157.
Anent the clame … craifing Thos. Quhyt fleschour ten furlats ait meill(c) c1420 Wynt. ii. 442 (C).
Withe … bo lor pek, or withe furlet 1546 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 124.
That thai tak na mair … for the ix furletts grundin malt 1588 Argyll Lett. 82.
Ane furlett teind beir 1612 Conv. Burghs II. 374.
Lynlithgow to tak na mair for furlett, pek, and leippie … bot fourty merk 1700 Foulis Acc. Bk. 280.
For the furlet of peas was got to the dowes(d) 1583 Douglas Bequest 24 May.
The cropis … extending ȝeirlie to twa furlitis, ane peck, twa lipeis … of wictuall 1612 Conv. Burghs II. 379.
Ane letter of supplicatioun … for conforming the prik mett of pek and furlitt to the awld messour 1709 Household Bk. Gr. Baillie 25.
For 2 furlits pies shield

2. A measure containing a firlot.(a) 1471 Peebles B. Rec. 166.
That na furlottis na other met-wechel gang quhill the samyn hour 1488 Lanark B. Rec. i.
That ilk day the furlottis set to Thom Bald for xj merk c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matt. v. 15.
Men kendlis nocht a lantern, and puttis it vnder a buschel (or furlot) 1550 Breadalbane P. (Reg. H.) No. 73.
Fourtie aucht bollis gude and sufficient eattis, mett with the furlott aboue written 1582 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 95.
That all the heipe mettis and furlottes of this toun be brokin 1645 Irvine Mun. II. 62.
The said burghes awin … furlott used for the tyme in the commoun mercat thairof(b) 1563 Peebles B. Rec. 291.
That na meill man haif ane furlat of his awin 1570 Lanark B. Rec. 51.
Item viij d. for gerthes to the furlattis 1582 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 95.
Onlie the straike furlate [to be used](c) a1568 Bann. MS. 137 b/33.
Ane furme, ane furlet, ane pott, ane pek