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ochdamh en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ochdamh (“eighth”), from Old Irish ochtmad, from Proto-Celtic *oxtūmetos.

Meanings

  1. (Scotland, historical) An obsolete Scots unit equal to ¹⁄₈ daugh, notionally comprising 50 Scottish acres.

Forms

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ochdamhs Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

daugh · carucate

Hyponyms

1⁄4 ochdamh (See oxgang) · acre (various & for further subdivisions)