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† tovet Obs. local.
Forms: 6 tolvet, -vett, 7 talvett, tovit(t, 7–8 tof(f)et, 7–9 tovet; also 9 tavort, tobit, tofet, tofiet (Eng. Dial. Dict.).
[A local word of Kent; evidently the same as tollfat (see toll n.1 3).]
A measure of two pecks or half a bushel.
[1222see tollfat s.v. toll n.1 3] .1520MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., Paied..for a tolvet of malt in drynk vj d. 1527Ibid., For iij tolvettis of otemele xviij d. 1547[see tollfat, as above]. 1618MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., When he brought the iij tovitis of wheat, ij d. 1629Ibid., For a taluett of wheate ij s ij d. 1639Ibid., Payed for mendinge of a touitt ij d. 1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 81, 1 Bushel 2 Tovits or Half Bushels, 1 Tovit 2 Pecks. 1674Ray S. & E.C. Words 77 A Tovet or Tofet, half a bushel: Kent. 1695Birchington Par. Acc. in Archæol. Cant. XII. 407 For three tovets of hair. 1777Ann. Reg. ii. 149 Tovet..in Kent means two pecks. |