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multure

/ˈmʌlt͡ʃə/

multure noun: a grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.

Noun

multure (countable and uncountable, plural multures)

  1. A grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.
    Synonyms:
    milling
  2. (Scotland, historical) A toll paid to a miller, mill-owner etc., generally in kind, for grinding corn or pulverizing ore.
    • MULTURE, n. [L. molitura.] 1. In Scottish law, the toll or emolument given to the proprietor of a mill for grinding corn. 2. A grist or grinding.1830, Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language: Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definitions of Words, Sherman Converse, page 546
    • […] quantity reserved for seed and stock. Sometimes an agreement was in operation known as dry multure, by which tenants conceded a part of their grain for the privilege of going to the market with the rest. A third species was known as the thirlage of invecta et illata, existing in most of the...1963, James Edmund Handley, The Agricultural Revolution in Scotland, Burns, page 155
    Synonyms:
    emolument

Verb

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.

Synonyms of multure

Forms of multure

Noun
pluralmultures
Verb
third-person singular presentmultures
present participlemulturing
past participlemultured
pastmultured

Origin of multure

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.

Words formed from multure

Words that rhyme with multure

Questions about multure

What does multure mean?
Multure means a grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.
What part of speech is multure?
Multure can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce multure?
Multure is pronounced /ˈmʌlt͡ʃə/.
What is the plural of multure?
The plural of multure is multures.

Words near multure in the dictionary

  1. Multons
  2. multum
  3. multum in parvo
  4. multungulate
  5. multungulates
  6. multure
  7. multured
  8. multurer
  9. multurers
  10. multures
  11. multuring

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