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A qualifier for dry measures, meaning that the contents reach only the plane of the top of the measure, achieved by drawing a stick (‘strickle’) or roller across the top. The Act of 1824 that created BI specified any strickle to be straight, round, and of a uniform diameter.

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Measures and Units. A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units. Copyright © Donald Fenna 2002, 2004. All rights reserved.  Read more