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† joucat Sc. Obs.|ˈdʒuːkət|
Also 6 ioucatte, iowcat, iucat.
[Deriv. unknown.]
An obsolete Scotch measure, the same as a Scotch gill.
1587Sc. Acts Jas. VI, c. 114 Be just calculation and comptrolment, the samin extended to 19 pintes, and a jucat. Ibid., They therefore..decernis and ordanis the Firlot to be augmented,..And to conteine nine-tene pintes, and twa Ioucattes. 1892R. W. Cochran-Patrick Mediæv. Scotl. viii. 164 [In] 1587..the Commissioners discovered that an error had been made in 1457 with regard to the contents of the firlot which should contain 19 pints and a ‘jowcat’ or gill. |