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Particat, -ate, n. [Med. L. par-, perticata, f. L. pertica a perch or pole, a measuring-rod. Cf. Perk n.In the mod. dial. obsol. except as a historical term after c 1780.]

A particate.a. (Chiefly or only in the early Latin documents.) Appar. orig., a lineal measure of land equal to six ells; the square measure corresponding to this. = Fall n.¹ 2. b. A square measure of land equal to forty square falls or one fourth of the acre. = Rude n. c. A parcel of land of approximately this extent. d. ? A share or portion of land.For some discussion, see Murray Early B. Organ. I. 102–8, Aberd. B. Rec. (S.H.S.) lvi, n. 2, and Banff Field C. (1901) 39.(1) 11.. Liber Scon 33.
De une acra terre et de una perticata 12.. Ib. 71.
Duas perticatas terre mee quas habeo in Perth 1288 Exch. R. I. 38.
Ad faciendum cccc particatas palicii circa nouum parcum [at Stirling] 14.. Acts I. 387/1.
Particata terre in baronia debet mensurari per sex vlnas que faciunt xviij pedes mediocres … particata terre in burgo continet viginti pedes mediocres 1468 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 288.
Tres rudas meas siue perticatas terre 1470 Glasg. Univ. Mun. I. 23. 1489–90 Prot. Bk. J. Young II. 69.
Containing in length four and a half particates and one and a half ells 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Particata.
Particata vel perticata terra. From the French word perche, meikle vsed in the English lawes, ane ruid of land(2) 1564 Riddell Tracts 101.
The eldast portioner to have the first particat and mesour at the sone 1566 Inverness Rec. I. 137.
To gif him sasing in the saidis tuay particattis of land 1598 Swintons App. clx.
In the baronie of Coldinghame … four particattis of land contigue on the back of the saidis houssis 1611 Scrymgeour Invent. 17.
Instrument of resignatioun maid be William Patersoun burges of Dundie of his south particat of land 1622 Inverness Rec. II. 158.
For lyning of the roodis and particatis of land vnder writtin Ib. 159.
Ane wther peice or particat of land lyand be vest the said vatter extending to fyif cuppillis and tua taill forkis 1622 Grey Friars II. 160.
Of ane particate of croft extending to three ruids of land of thereby … lying within the ruids and brucht of Lanark 1633 Acts V. 66/1.
The towne and lands of Down with all … biggings akers particattes and croftes 1655 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. 987.
Of the skairis halff skairis particatis of landis and just half pairt of the thrie croftis 1673 Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 368.
With a particat of land and kiln and house built theron 1675 Crown Chart. (Reg.H.) 24 Jan.
With these four particatis of land called four riggs lyeing in the north croft of Pardovein 1677 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 11 July.
To flitt … frae twa particats or skairs of land