| 单词 | lock and gowpen |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslock and gowpen c. Scots Law. A small allowance of grain or meal payable to a miller's servants, and levied on each lot of grain ground at the mill. Also in lock and gowpen; cf. gowpen n. 1b. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > other types of grant, etc. lock1608 vote1704 capitation fee?1809 capitation allowance1832 capitation grant1854 capitation payment1857 King's (or Queen's) bounty1872 block grant1900 1608 in J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1890) VI. 420/1 Molendinum..de Invermessane [Wigtonshire]..cum lie knaifschip, bannok et lock et ceteris proficuis. 1638 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1881) II. 565 That the said James King..hes takin of everie seck of malt grund at the said mylne ane loik vpoun the back of ane bonnet, callit ane pickle, vnder pretence of voluntarie gifting thairof to him or his servandis attour his appoyntit missour. 1730 in D. G. Barron Court Bk. Urie (1892) 136 Ane complaint given in by the whole above mentioned tennents..petitioning the knavships and loak or bannock belonging to the miller may be regulate. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. xii. 210 The sequels are the small quantities given to the servants, under the name of knaveship, bannock, and lock or gowpen. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i. (note) in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 23 The expression lock for a small quantity..is still preserved..in a legal description, as the lock and gowpen, or small quantity and handful. 1880 Littell's Living Age 29 May 546/2 The new millart has a gude-gangin' plea regardin' the sma' sequels o' the outsucken multures,—bannock, knaveship, lock-and-gowpen, and sic like. 1908 Celtic Monthly Aug. 208/2 The negligent and outrageous conduct of millers with the exactions of multures, knaveship, bannock, lock, gowpen, etc. 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). < as lemmas |
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