<Dl> <Dd> "Gie' im an inch, an he'll tak an ell" (equivalent to "Give him an inch, and he'll take a mile" or "...he'll take a yard", and closely similar to the English proverb "Give him an inch, and he'll take an ell", first published as "For when I gave you an inch, you tooke an ell" by John Heywood in 1546). </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> "Gie' im an inch, an he'll tak an ell" (equivalent to "Give him an inch, and he'll take a mile" or "...he'll take a yard", and closely similar to the English proverb "Give him an inch, and he'll take an ell", first published as "For when I gave you an inch, you tooke an ell" by John Heywood in 1546). </Dd> <P> The Ell Shop (1757) in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross (National Trust for Scotland), is so called from the 18th - century iron ell - stick attached to one corner, once used to measure cloth and other commodities in the adjacent market - place . The shaft of the 17th - century Kincardine mercat cross stands in the square of Fettercairn, and is notched to show the measurements of an ell . </P> <P> Scottish measures were made obsolete, and English measurements made standard in Scotland, by act of parliament in 1824 . </P>

Elle the measuring unit in germany was used to measure