MULTURE Definition & Meaning

multure

[ muhl-cher ]

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noun

Scots Law.

a toll or fee given to the proprietor of a mill for the grinding of grain, usually consisting of a fixed proportion of the grain brought or of the flour made.

multure

/ ˈ��ʌ��ʃə /

noun

a fee formerly paid to a miller for grinding grain
the right to receive such a fee

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of multure¹

1250–1300; Middle English multir < Old French molture < Medieval Latin ��Ǳ��ū�� a grinding, equivalent to Latin molit ( us ) (past participle of molere ) to grind + -ū�� -ure

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of multure¹

C13: from Old French moulture, from Medieval Latin ��Ǳ��ū�� a grinding, from Latin molere

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Multure, mul′tūr, n. a grinding of grain, or the grain ground: the toll paid to a miller for grinding, generally in kind: the percentage of ore paid to a pulverising-mill by those using it.—v.t.

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In the manor of Renwick, by an indenture mutually agreed upon in 1676, the tenants, in addition to a variety of financial payments, were obliged to scour and cleanse the water course to the lord’s mill from the bottom up to the mill trough head, and maintain the mill with wall and thatch; bring millstones thereto, and grind their corn thereat, paying a twenty-fourth multure.

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Multure, the miller's fee for grinding grain.

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“In troth, and so it should,” said Dame Dods; “it's a sin and a shame if they should employ the tinkling cymbal they ca' Chatterly, and sic a Presbyterian trumpet as yoursell in the land, Mr. Cargill; and if ye will take a fule's advice, ye winna let the multure be ta'en by your ain mill, Mr. Cargill.”

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MULTURE, MOUTUR, s. the fee for grinding corn.

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