Sc. Obs. [? subst. use of fou FULL a.] A bushel.
a. 1700. Sir Patrick Spens, viii., in Child, Ballads, III. (1885), 25/2.
| I brought half a fou o good red goud |
| Out oer the sea with me. |
1786. Burns, Auld Mare, Maggie, 99.
| For my last fou, |
| A heapit stimpart, Ill reserve ane |
| Laid by for you. |