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单词 auchlet
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auchletn.

Etymology: < aucht, eight adj. and n. + -let suffix dim., or lot n. a part (Jamieson).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈauchlet.
Scottish ? Obsolete.
A measure, the eighth part of a boll: cf. firlot n. 1a, the fourth part.
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1819 Caledonian Mercury 1 Nov. (Jam.) The auchlet..usually contained two pounds more than the present stone does.
1829 W. Scott Old Mortality Introd., in Waverley Novels IX. 233 To Four Auchlet of Ait meal 0 3 4.
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