Moy (salt)

A moy was a measure for salt, used in British colonial North America. It amounted to about 15 bushels.

Origin of name It likely derives from the Portuguese moio and the trade in salt between North America and the Azores.Sizes: Moy. Accessed 22 March 2020. Alternatively, the term may have come from the Scots, moy - a certain measure.

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