Scotch Dry Measure | ||
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Marked | ||
lip | 4 lippies = 1 peck | |
pks | 4 pecks = 1 firlot | |
fir | 4 furlots = 1 boll | |
b | 4 bols = 1 quarter (qr) |
Lippies | Peck | Scotch | Imperial | ||||
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4 | 1 | Firlot | 1 lip | ½ gallon | |||
16 | 4 | 1 | Boll | 1 peck | 1 peck | ||
64 | 16 | 4 | 1 | Qr | 1 firlot | 1 bushel | |
128 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 boll = | ½ qr |
Scotch Money | ||
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2 pennies | 1 bodle | one-sixth penny sterling |
4 pennies | 1 plack or groat | one-third penny sterling |
6 pennies | 1 bawbee | 1 halfpenny sterling |
12 pennies | 1 shilling | 1 penny sterling |
20 shillings> | 1 pound | 1s 8d sterling |
13s 4d | 1 mark | 1s 1 and 1/3d sterling |
to reduce Scotch money to Sterling, divide by 12 |
Scotch Weights | |
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These were the Tron and Troy weights thus divided | |
16 drops | 1 oz |
16 oz | 1 lb |
16 lb | 1 stone |
The oz Tron was equal 641·6337 Imp. troy grains | |
The oz Troy was equal 478·309 Imp. Troy grains |
Scotch Liquid Measure | ||||
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Cub. Inch | Imp. Gall. | Imp. pint | ||
1 gill | 6·5127 | 0·0235 | 0·19 | |
4 gills | 1 mutchkin | 26·0509 | 0·0939 | 0·75 |
2 mutchkins | 1 chopin | 52·1017 | 0·1879 | 1·50 |
2 chopins | 1 pint | 104·2034 | 0·3758 | 3·01 |
2 pints | 1 quart | 208·4068 | 0·7516 | 6·01 |
4 quarts | 1 gallon | 833·627 | 3·0065 | |
8 gallons | 1 barrel |
Scotch Wheat Measure | |||
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Cub. Inch | Imp. Gall. | ||
1 lippie | 183·395 | 0·49913 | |
4 lippies | 1 peck | 533·581 | 1·99651 |
4 pecks | 1 firlot | 2214·322 | 7·98605 |
4 firlots | 1 boll | 8857·289 | 31·94419 |
16 bolls | 1 chalder | ||
The wheat firlot contained 21-1/4 Scotch pints, and was used for wheat, pease, beans, rye and salt |
Scotch Barley Measure | |||
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Cub. Inch | Imp. Gall. | ||
1 lippie | 201·894 | 0·72814 | |
4 lippies | 1 peck | 807·576 | 2·91256 |
4 pecks | 1 firlot | 3230·305 | 11·65023 |
4 firlots | 1 boll | 12921·222 | 46·60094 |
16 bolls | 1 chalder | ||
The barley firlot contained 31 Scotch pints, and was used for barley, malt and oats. |