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multure
/ˈmʌlt͡ʃə/
noun 2verb 1
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2ADJ.
dry, known
MULTURE + NOUN
l, molitura, n, tenants
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noun
1
A grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.
2
A toll paid to a miller, mill-owner etc., generally in kind, for grinding corn or pulverizing ore.
MULTURE, n. [L. molitura.] 1. In Scottish law, the toll or emolument given to the proprietor of a mill for grinding corn. 2. A grist or grinding.
[…] quantity reserved for seed and stock. Sometimes an agreement was in operation known as dry multure, by which tenants conceded a part of their grain for the privilege of going to the market with the rest. A third species was known as the thirlage of invecta et illata, existing in most of the burghs of Scotland, by which corn, wherever grown, if brought for consumption within the […]
verb
1
To charge a multure on.
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MULTURE, n. [L. molitura.] 1. In Scottish law, the toll or emolument given to the proprietor of a mill for grinding corn. 2. A grist or grinding.
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[…] quantity reserved for seed and stock. Sometimes an agreement was in operation known as dry multure, by which tenants conceded a part of their grain for the privilege of going to the market with th
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