Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The ancient military tenure in Scotland, by which vassals were at first obliged to serve the superior in war as often as his occasions called for it.
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Examples
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The one is like a ward-holding and pays its reddendo in hard blows.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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