A forpet, lippie or lippy was a Scottish unit of
dry measure
Dry or dryness most often refers to:
* Lack of rainfall, which may refer to
** Arid regions
**Drought
* Dry or dry area, relating to legal prohibition of selling, serving, or imbibing alcoholic beverages
* Dry humor, deadpan
* Dryness (medica ...
equal to a quarter or fourth-part of a
peck
A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. An imperial peck is equivalent to 9.09218 liters and a US customary peck is equivalent to 8.80976754172 liters. Four pecks ma ...
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A lippie was so called because a ''leap'' was a traditional name for a ''basket'' in Scotland.
See also
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Firlot
The firlot was a dry measure used in Scotland. For centuries it was the primary measure for all grains sold in the country. In the Scottish system a firlot was equal to 4 pecks, and the Scottish units#Dry volume, boll was equal to 4 firlots.
The ...
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Units of volume
Obsolete Scottish units of measurement