Sc. Also -ard. [? Contracted from saxteent (sixteenth) part (sc. of a firlot). Cf. FORPIT.] a. A measure of capacity, the fourth part of a peck: = FORPIT, LIPPY. (Inaccurately glossed by Burns as ‘the eighth part of a Winchester bushel.’) b. transf. The fourth part of a ‘rig’ or ridge of land (yielding a quarter of a peck of flax seed).
1786. Burns, To Auld Mare, xvii. A heapet stimpart, I’ll reserve ane Laid by for you.
1896. J. Lamb, Ann. W. Kilbride, ix. 227. The flax grown was only in small patches for family use, often a mere headrig yielding two or three stimpards.
1906. Scott. Rev., 22 Nov., 571/1. The usual order to the grocer … was for a stimpart of oatmeal.
