multure
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun The act of grinding grain in a mill.
- noun The quantity of grain ground at one time; a grist.
- noun In Scots law, the toll or fee given, generally in kind, to the proprietor of a mill in return for the grinding of corn.
Examples
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Above all, she could not understand why, since she had acquaintances in the family, and since the Dame Glendinning had always paid her multure and knaveship duly, the said lass of the mill had not come in to rest herself and eat a morsel, and tell her the current news of the water.
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In the silver mines of Peru, we are told by Frezier and Ulloa, the proprietor frequently exacts no other acknowledgment from the undertaker of the mine, but that he will grind the ore at his mill, paying him the ordinary multure or price of grinding.
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Took a load of corn and stole a half-bushel; mooter, or multure, is the toll of meal taken by the miller for grinding the corn: mooter-poke, or multure-pocket, is accordingly a nickname for a miller.
Note
The word 'multure' comes from a Latin word meaning 'to grind'.
