| 释义 |
† pow-penny Sc. Obs. rare.
[app. f. pow = poll head + penny.]
Some payment or offering made at a funeral or on its anniversary.
1538Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VI. 423 Item, to the powpenny deliverit to David Lindesay, Lyoun herald, ane croune of wecht..xxs. 1539Ibid. VII. 181 Expensis debursit upoun the suffrage of Quene Magdelane... Item, to the Erle of Murray till offer the pow penny, xxs. |