What is "forpet"

alt. (context dated Scotland English) A quarter (fourth part) used especially as a unit of mass or capacity. n. (context dated Scotland English) A quarter (fourth part) used especially as a unit of mass or capacity.

A forpet, lippie or lippy was a Scottish unit of dry measure equal to a quarter or fourth-part of a peck. A lippie was so called because a leap was a traditional name for a basket.