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• heaped measure — noun or heaping measure : dry measure obtained by filling the container heaping full …   Useful english dictionary

• Heaped — Heap Heap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heaped} (h[=e]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaping}.] [AS. he[ a]pian.] 1. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; usually with up; as, to heap up treasures. [1913 Webster] Though he heap up… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• heaping measure — noun see heaped measure …   Useful english dictionary

• Dry measure — Dry measures are units of volume used to measure bulk commodities which are not gas or liquid. They are typically used in agriculture, agronomy, and commodity markets to measure grain, dried beans, and dried and fresh fruit (e.g. a peck of apples …   Wikipedia

• water measure — noun Etymology: Middle English water mesure, from water + mesure measure more at measure : an old English system of capacity measure used for articles shipped by water and based on a bushel defined by statute in 1494 as equal to five pecks… …   Useful english dictionary

• Bushel — Bush el (b[.u]sh [e^]l), n. [OE. buschel, boischel, OF. boissel, bussel, boistel, F. boisseau, LL. bustellus; dim. of bustia, buxida (OF. boiste), fr. pyxida, acc. of L. pyxis box, Gr. pyxi s. Cf. {Box}.] 1. A dry measure, containing four pecks,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Firlot — In Scotland, the firlot was a dry measure used until the introduction of Imperial units by the Weights and Measures Act 1824. By an Act of the Scottish Parliament of 1617, the commissioners firlot of Linlithgow was made the standard for the whole …   Wikipedia

• strickle — noun 1》 a rod used to level off a heaped measure. 2》 a whetting tool. Origin OE stricel; related to strike …   English new terms dictionary

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