\Fir"lot\, n. [Scot., the fourth part of a boll of grain,
from a word equiv. to E. four + lot part, portion. See
{Firkin}.]
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. --Brande & C.