multurer
(ˈmʌltjʊərə(r))
Also 6 multarar, multrar, multerair.
[f. prec. + -er1.]
One who pays toll for the grinding of his corn at a mill.
| 1580 Rec. Elgin (New Spalding Cl.) I. 156 James Cuming, multarar at the auld miln of Elgin. 1582 Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 258 The multraris to haif ane pec and the fermoraris twa bollis ay quhill the aucht chaldyr be multrit. 1702 in J. Paterson Hist. Regal. Musselburgh (1857) 39 That..the multurer shall draw the multures at the milnes in maner underwritten. a 1768 Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. ix. (1773) 314 The multure is a quantity of grain..due to the proprietor of the mill, or his tacksman, the multurer, for manufacturing the corns. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 665 The competition there may be with other mills to which the outsucken multurers have access. |