Date: 2009-08-27 07:50 pm (UTC)
Aug. 3rd, 2009
01:04 pm - Why I love the Oxford English Dictionary [protected post]

thirl-multure (Sc. Law. Obs.)

The insucken multure paid by tenants of astricted lands to the mill having the right of thirlage; also, the right to exact this multure.


(This makes perfect sense, once you know what astriction, thirlage, and multure are. Not to mention being insucken ...)

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