multure

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9
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13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈmʌlt͡ʃə/

Definition of multure

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.
  2. (Scotland, countable, historical, uncountable)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. (Scotland, historical, transitive)To charge a multure on.

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Etymology

From Middle English multūr, from Old French molture (modern French mouture), from Medieval Latin molitura, from the past participle stem of molere ‘grind’. Compare mill.

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