Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Scots Law) The toll for grinding grain.
- noun A grist or grinding; the grain ground.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
toll paid to amiller , mill-owner etc. forgrinding corn .
Etymologies
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Examples
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[Note: The multure was the regular exaction for grinding the meal.
The Monastery 2008
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[Note: The multure was the regular exaction for grinding the meal.
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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Miller; “it is always best to be sure, as I say when I chance to take multure twice from the same meal-sack.”
The Monastery 2008
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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.
The Monastery 2008
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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.
Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems Frederic William Moorman 1895
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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.
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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"It will not be the worse of another bolting," said the Miller; "it is always best to be sure, as I say when I chance to take multure twice from the same meal-sack."
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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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.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Adam Smith 1756
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Kot many years ago, the multure, Uc. paid out of this farm was not near one half of what it is now, neither was the produce of it lels, however more.
chained_bear commented on the word multure
Reesetee, do you want to add this to your "Measures" list? (See comment on fooillagh.)
April 25, 2009
qms commented on the word multure
The tasks to support agriculture
Include an unglamorous dull chore,
As most men will find
That milling’s a grind,
Relieved by receipt of the multure.
July 14, 2018