Meaning of kemple | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The size of a standard load of straw, approximately 450 pounds.
   Scotland
2. A surname from German.

Examples

“His Honour, ye see⟳, being under hiding in thae sair times--the mair's the pity--he lies a' day, and whiles a' night, in the cove in the dern hag; but though it's a bieldy eneugh bit, and the auld gudeman o' Corse-Cleugh has panged it wi' a kemple o' strae amaist, yet when the country's quiet, and the night very cauld, his Honour whiles creeps doun here to get⟳ a warm at the ingle and a sleep⟳ amang the blankets, and gangs awa in the morning.”

“Hence the money acquired from the sale of the three kemples, at the average of the above prices, will purchase⟳ five cubic yards of this very efficient manure.”

“From a crop of wheat, of 40 bushels to the acre, or of 2600 lb., at 65 lb. per bushel, the straw will weigh⟳ 9 kemples of 440 lb. each, or 3960 lb., affording just 1/2 more weight of straw than of grain.”

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