1 gen 1642 anni - strike

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A dry measure for corn, peas, etc and the vessel holding that amount. 1316 ‘demands against Adam Kenward for 2 full strikes (<i>strokas</i>) of oat meal & 2 separate strikes (<i>strikatas</i>), Holmfirth (YRS78/103); 1527 <i>euery on of them oon strike barlie</i>, Sherburn (Th9/252); <i>c</i>.1534 <i>4 new mawndys for hoppes ... one Stryke</i>, Bridlington (YRS80/2); 1558 <i>I gyve to Jenet Smyth one strike of malte,</i> Monk Fryston (Th27/166). The measure was considered to be levelled by the hand or a strickle, not heaped: 1642 <i>When wee sende our Corne to mill wee allwayes strike all cleane of, yet the use is in most places to hand wave it and not to strike it</i>, Elmswell (DW109).

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