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stimpart Sc.|ˈstɪmpərt|
Also -ard.
[? Contracted from saxteent (sixteenth) part (sc. of a firlot). Cf. forpit.]
a. A measure of capacity, the fourth part of a peck: = forpit, lippy. (Inaccurately glossed by Burns as ‘the eighth part of a Winchester bushel’.)
b. transf. The fourth part of a ‘rig’ or ridge of land (yielding a quarter of a peck of flax seed).
1786Burns To Auld Mare xvii, A heapet stimpart, I'll reserve ane Laid by for you. 1896J. Lamb Ann. W. Kilbride ix. 227 The flax grown was only in small patches for family use, often a mere headrig yielding two or three stimpards. 1906Scott. Rev. 22 Nov. 571/1 The usual order to the grocer..was for a stimpart of oatmeal. |