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noun
A grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: milling
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A toll paid to a miller, mill-owner etc., generally in kind, for grinding corn or pulverizing ore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, countable, historical, uncountable
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Synonyms: emolument
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To charge a multure on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, historical, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English multūr, from Old French molture (modern French mouture), from Medieval Latin molitura, from the past participle stem of molere ‘grind’. Compare mill.
