"kemple" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1829, George Robertson, Rural Recollections; or, the progress of improvement in agriculture and rural affairs, page 209",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1844, Henry Stephens, The Book of the Farm, Detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-Steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairy-Maid",
          "text": "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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        "The size of a standard load of straw, approximately 450 pounds."
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        "(Scotland) The size of a standard load of straw, approximately 450 pounds."
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      "enpr": "kĕm'p(ə)l"
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        "en:Units of measure"
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          "ref": "1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
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          "text": "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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