Rating | Solver | Clue |
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BUSHEL | Grain measure | |
STRICKLE | An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike. | |
CHETVERT | A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels. | |
MEASURE | To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally. | |
BARLEYCORN | Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch. | |
STRIKE | To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top. | |
MILLIGRAMME | A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois. | |
FIRLOT | A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000. |