| 单词 | last of land |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslast of land 5. Shetland. More fully last of land. A division or unit of land having an annual rentable value of 12 shillings, and typically equal to 18 marks (mark n.2 3); (also) the community living on this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > other units of land measure wandalec1150 wista1200 landc1400 ridge1439 peck1442 scrophec1450 buttc1460 rig1485 mark1488 stick1531 farthingdeal1543 plough-gang1548 quarterland1563 ploughgate1565 last1576 wand1596 ox-skin1610 garbred1621 plank1631 nooka1634 buttal1635 farthinga1640 rick1641 familia1676 rhandir1688 setiera1690 worthine1701 fierding1768 whip-land1811 rai1933 1576 Orkney Oppress. 57 For ilk thre ȝeiris gersowme of ane last of land thai war wont to pay fyve dolouris. 1605 Feu Contract in J. Mill Diary (1889) 193 The said twa last of land in Sandwick. a1700 in J. Bruce Descr. Zetland (1908) 19 Here their lands are counted by lasts, marks & urds. a1733 Shetland Acts 36 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1892) 26 201 That none have more swine than four upon a last of land over winter. 1921 A. W. Johnston & A. Johnston Old-lore Misc. IX. i. 57 A ‘last of land’ of 18 marks originally paid, in rent and tithe, exactly 216d., or 36 meils at 6d. 1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles lxiv. 553 The people of Burra..were required by regulations of 1603 and 1604 to keep a boat on the east side of the isle for their Lord's service, and each last of land had to serve equally or else the commons had to furnish a boat amongst themselves. 2001 Northern Scotl. 21 148 Lasts were big blocks of land of equal value. An extensive township might be divided into several lasts. < as lemmas |
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