单词 | particate |
释义 | † particaten. Scottish. Obsolete. Originally: a linear measure for land equal to six Scottish ells (18½ feet, approx. 5.64 metres). Later: a unit of land area equal to 40 falls (fall n.2 23a) or 13,690 square feet (approx. 1359 square metres), i.e. a quarter of a Scottish acre; (also) a piece of land of this size. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > an acre > quarter acre or rood roodlOE rod1449 yardc1450 particate1489 farthingdeal1543 yardland1543 stang1570 farthing-land1602 ferling1695 1489–90 Protocol Bk. J. Young (Sc. Rec. Soc.) (1952) 69 Containing in length four and a half particates and one and a half ells. 1564 in J. Riddell Tracts (1835) 101 The eldast portioner to have the first particat and mesour at the sone. 1622 in W. Mackay & G. S. Laing Rec. Inverness (1924) II. 158 For lyning of the roodis and particatis of land vnder writtin. 1673 in W. Macfarlane Geneal. Coll. (Sc. Hist. Soc.) (1900) II. 368 Four Several Tennements of Land with a Particat of Land and Kiln and house built thereon. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VIII. 526 Taxed with one penny of the kingdom of Scotland, upon the ground of his half particate. 1864 A. Jeffrey Hist. Roxburghshire IV. viii. 272 Each tenant is named in the charter [to the Burgh of Hawick], with the number of particates which he was possessed of. CompoundsΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > possessor of specific amount of land yherdling11.. tractioner1626 messuager1666 particate man1715 virgater1897 1715 in J. J. Vernon Parish & Kirk of Hawick (1900) 120 The said Pew was allocat to Robert Deanes, particat man of ye lands of Hawick. 1864 A. Jeffrey Hist. Roxburghshire IV. viii. 283 The bestial belonging to the particate man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1489 |
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