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‖ minot|mino|
[F., f. mine a measure of 6 bushels.]
An obsolete French measure of capacity, varying according to locality and the nature of the commodity to be measured: the standard value was 3 (French) bushels = about 39.36 litre.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iv. xxxiii. 155 b, Those which were found aswel in grayn, as fruits of yerely reuenues the quantity of 500. minots. 1668Lond. Gaz. No. 259/4 His Majesty..intends..to abate 4 Crowns upon each Minot [printed minor], or measure of four French bushels of Salt. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Bread, They take a Minot of this Flower..leaven and boult it, and cover it well with the same Flower or Meal. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Measure, The minot consists of three bushels; the mine of two minots. 1820Ranken Hist. France VIII. viii. vi. 393 The minot contained three bushels. |