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thirlage
thirlage Sc. (ˈθɜːlɪdʒ) [A metathetic variant of thrillage. Cf. thirl v.2] † 1. Thraldom, bondage, servitude; also, thirl-service. Obs.1513 Douglas æneis xi. iv. 61 This mysfortoun is myne of ald thirlage. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 170 The Romanis contending to saif thaim fra thirlage of ...
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Thirlage
The obligations of thirlage eventually ceased to apply, but thirlage in Scotland was only formally and totally abolished on 28 November (Martinmas) 2004 The Thirlage Act was repealed by the Thirlage Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 55) and after this many mills fell out of use as competition and unsubsidised running
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thrillage
† ˈthrillage Sc. Obs. Also 5 -ege. [f. thrill n.2 + -age.] Thraldom, bondage, subjection; = thirlage 1.1375 Barbour Bruce i. 101 Þat he put to swylk thrillage, That þai..Suld ryn on fute, as rebaldaill. c 1400 Sc. Trojan War ii. 984 They askede thame to be, As worthy, of all thrillege fre. Ibid. 278...
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Bannock (food)
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Damper
Frybread
Hardtack
Thirlage ('bannock': payment of a handful of meal to a miller's servant)
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thirldom
† ˈthirldom Sc. Obs. [A metathetic variant of thrildom: cf. thirl v.2, thirlage.] Thraldom, bondage, servitude.1489 Barbour's Bruce i. 236 (MS. E.) The angyr, na the wrechyt dome, That is cowplyt to foule thyrldome [Ibid. 265 threldome; 269 thryldome]. 1552 Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 23 Thair..mis...
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Banalité
In Scotland, thirlage tied land to a particular mill, whose owner took a proportion of the grain as multure.
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thirler
† ˈthirler Sc. Obs. [f. thirl v.2 + -er1.] A person under thirlage.1656 Burgh Rec. Culross 18 Aug., They war his thirleris this hundrethe and halfe yeir.
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knaveship
knaveship (ˈneɪvʃɪp) Also (Sc.) 6 knaship, knaifschip, 7 knawship. [f. knave n. + -ship.] 1. The condition of being a knave: used with a possessive, as a mock title.1589 Pappe w. Hatchet B, Your Knaueship brake you[r] fast on the Bishops. 1680 Revenge i. i. 6 What, Mr. Trickwell, does your Knaveship...
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Meikle Millbank Mill
Thirlage
Thirlage was the feudal law by which the laird (lord) could require all those farmers living on his lands to bring their grain to his mill to The Thirlage Law was repealed in 1779 and after this many mills fell out of use as competition and unsubsidised running costs took their toll.
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insucken
insucken, a. Sc. Law. (ˈɪnˌsʌk(ə)n) [f. in prep. + sucken.] Situated within a certain sucken, or jurisdiction having its own mill; astricted to a certain mill in the servitude of thirlage.1681 Stair Inst. Law Scot. ii. vii. §7 Infeftment in a mill, with the astricted multures..and forty years posses...
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thirling
▪ I. thirling, vbl. n.1 (ˈθɜːlɪŋ) Forms: see thirl v.1 [f. thirl v.1 + -ing1.] 1. The action of thirl v.1; piercing, boring.a 1225 Ancr. R. 166 Þet, ȝif ȝe weren iðe worldes þrunge, mid a lutel hurlunge [MS. T. hurtlinge; MS. C. þurlunge] ȝe muhten al uor leosen. 1443 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 713...
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Dalgarven Mill – Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume
"Thirlage" and the mills of Ayrshire
Thirlage was the feudal law by which the laird (lord) could force all those farmers living on his lands to bring The Thirlage Law was repealed in 1779 and after this many mills fell out of use as competition and unsubsidised running costs took their toll.
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sucken
▪ I. sucken, n.1 Sc. (ˈsʌkən) Forms: 5 sukkin, swken, 5–7 suckin, 6 su(c)kyn, 9 shucken, 7– sucken. [Variant of soken. The orig. meaning is ‘resort’ (sc. to a particular mill).] 1. The duty and liability of tenants within a district astricted to a mill. (See thirlage 2 and cf. soken 2 b.) † Also occ...
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Fail Loch
Fail Mill
The Duke of Portland abolished thirlage in mid-19th century, making Millburn Mill, and its head of water, Lochlea, redundant resulting in active
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thirl-multure
† thirl-ˈmulture Sc. Law. Obs. Also 5 thrill-, thryl-, threll-. [See thirl n.2, thrill n.2, and multure.] The insucken multure paid by tenants of astricted lands to the mill having the right of thirlage; also, the right to exact this multure.α 1423 Charters, &c. of Edinb. (1871) 55 With the suckins,...
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