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forpet

noun forpets · forpit

Scotland, dated A quarter (fourth part) used especially as a unit of mass or capacity. Now, as I learned afterwards[…]that straw is used each day, which carried six bolls, one firlot, and three forpets of grain; that each bunch of straw yielded something less than one peck and three forpets; and that the extent of ground which produced the straw for one day's consumption, was seventy

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@misc{forpet_2026,
  title = {forpet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forpet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}