multure

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English multūr, from Old French molture (modern French mouture), from Medieval Latin molitura, from the past participle stem of molere ‘grind’. Compare mill.

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Noun

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multure (countable and uncountable, plural multures)

  1. A grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.
  2. (Scotland, historical) A toll paid to a miller, mill-owner etc., generally in kind, for grinding corn or pulverizing ore.

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Verb

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multure (third-person singular simple present multures, present participle multuring, simple past and past participle multured)

  1. (Scotland, historical, transitive) To charge a multure on.

Scots

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Etymology

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From Old French molture (modern French mouture), from Medieval Latin molitura, from the past participle stem of molere ‘grind’. Compare mill.

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Noun

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multure (plural multures)

  1. (historical, agriculture) multure