单词 | thirlage |
释义 | thirlagen. Scottish. a. Thraldom, bondage, servitude; also, thirl-service. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] theowdomc893 thralshipc1200 thraldomc1275 thrallhead1297 servagec1300 thrall14.. bondage1330 dangera1375 servicea1382 servitutea1393 thaneheada1400 thrillagec1400 serviturea1422 servitudec1425 thrildomc1480 thirldom1489 thirlage1513 servilityc1530 slavedom1562 serviceage1594 bondmanship1611 bond-service1611 slaverya1616 slavishnessa1620 bond slavery1835 chattelship1857 chattelhood1871 thirl-band1871 thirl-service- 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. iv. 61 This mysfortoun is myne of ald thirlage. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. v. iii. f. 56/1 The romanis contending to saif thaym fra thirlage of barbar pepyll. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xi. 73 Ȝe sal lyf in mair thirlage nor brutal bestis. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus Prol. sig. Aiiijv To hald thair Realme and land out of thirlage. 1578 Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) App. 236 I haue the fred from all thirlage. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem i. 113 Gif any frie-halder..does to that ilk Ladie any service..or for her lifdayes does any thirlage. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > bond or recognizance > requiring or giving legal security > [noun] > legal security > mortgage wadset1449 mortgagec1450 thirlage1578 hypothec1592 encumber1612 dead-pledge1658 mortgage bond1853 poultice1932 1578 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 100/2 The said vmquhile erll of Mar..spendit and debursit.., besydis the thirlage of his awin Leving, and the rentis of his proper dependance for the advancement of our souerane Lordis seruice. 2. a. Scots Law. A condition of servitude or state of obligation, in which the tenants of certain lands, or dwellers in certain districts, are bound to restrict their custom to a particular mill, forge, or the like. In later times, spec. the obligation to grind their corn at a particular mill (originally that of the lord or his assignee), and pay the recognized consideration (multure), or at least to pay the dues in lieu thereof.In early times there were other forms of thirlage, e.g. the obligation on tenants to get all their ironwork done at a particular forge or smithy: see thirl n.2 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > obligations of tenants thirl1564 thirlage1681 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. xvii. §15. 348 The chief and most frequent Servitude in Scotland is Thirlage, or a restriction of Lands to Milns, wherein the Miln is Dominant, and the Lands astricted are servient. 1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. I. ii. ix. §18 Thirlage is that servitude by which lands are astricted or thirled to a particular mill, to which the possessors must carry the grain of the growth of the astricted lands to be grinded. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 396 Thirlage is a grievous bondage; and its pernicious influence on the improvement of the country is severely felt, in every place where it prevails. 1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 5 A recent law, by which the servitude of thirlage, or bondage to any particular mill, may be legally commuted. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. i. 5 Those of Sucken, or enthralled ground, were liable in penalties, if, deviating from this thirlage..they carried their grain to another mill. b. The multure exacted under this system. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tribute > [noun] > types of thirl-multure1423 bannock1754 thirlage1799 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 396 At every mill, the present amount of the thirlage is by far more than an adequate value for the labour, to which it is supposed to be the price. 1898 S. R. Crockett Red Axe (ed. 4) 235 The smile of a shrewd miller casting up his thirlage upon the mill door when he sees the fields of his parish ripe to the harvest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1513 |
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