单词 | knaveship |
释义 | knaveshipn. 1. Scottish. In the system of thirlage (thirlage n. 2a): a small quantity of grain or meal payable to a miller's servant as a sequel (sequel n. 1c), levied on each lot of corn ground at the mill. Also: †the position of miller's servant or assistant (obsolete). Cf. knave n. 2. Now historical.Usually given in addition to a payment of multure (multure n. 1a) to the miller. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for privilege > [noun] > of grinding corn toll-corn12.. mill mail1287 multure?a1300 knaveshipa1350 multure corn1546 moliture1656 intown multure1818 a1350 in Facsimiles National MSS Scotl. (1870) II. xix (margin) Cnaueschipe [glossing dabunt vicesimum quartum vas ad multuram pro omnibus saluo iure seruientis molendini]. 1476 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 176 The childer that sall serue in the sayd myllis sall nocht..tak knayfchep of na corn bot of attis and thai sall kep romys at thair power. 1575 in J. Smith Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1832) 37 Taking furth þairof of v multours and thre knaifschips of malt. 1589 Digest Decisions Justiciary Court in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Knaifschip The violent..withaulding fra him of the seruice of the millerschip and knaifschip of Dalsangane mylne. ?a1600 MS Rec. Aberdeen in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1825) Suppl. (at cited word) Prewing of the auld statutis & vse that thai hed wownt to hef of the multur of ilk boll, & quhat knaschip. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. xvii. 352 The Knaveship, Bannock, or lock payable besides the Multures, to the Milners and their Servants for their service. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. ix. §19 The sequels are the small parcels of corn or meal given as a fee to the servants, over and above what is paid to the multurer; and they pass by the name of knaveship. 1808 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Inverness 337 Besides one peck and a half of meal out of every sixteen pecks of shilling, which is emphatically called the miller's Knaveship. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 191 Regular payment of..multure, lock, gowpen, and knaveship, and all the various exactions now commuted for money. 1934 Econ. Hist. Rev. 4 466 The servitude of thirlage to the parish mill, with the payment of multure to the miller and knaveship to his servant. 2000 M. F. Michie et al. Glenesk xiv. 170 The sequels were the small quantities [of grain or meal] given to the servants (knaveship, bannock, lock or gowpen). 2. With possessive adjective: a mock title given to a knavish person. Also: the condition of being a knave. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > mock title knaveship1589 rogueshipc1604 knavery1871 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet sig. B Your Knaueship brake you[r] fast on the Bishops. 1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan i. ii. sig. B2 What M. Cocledemoy, is your knaueshippe yet stirring. 1680 Revenge; or, Match in Newgate i. i. 6 What, Mr. Trickwell, does your Knaveship dare walk the street? 1767 B. Thornton tr. Plautus Shipwreck iii. iv, in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus Comedies II. 322 Let him try the cause..whether too your knaveship Should not be clapt in prison. 1887 A. C. Swinburne Locrine ii. ii. 28 The liar will say no more—his heart misgives His knaveship. 1953 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 7 Jan. e36/7 Had his Knaveship given the matter second thought he would have mentioned..a still more impelling reason for not attending the inauguration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1350 |
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