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English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
multure (countable and uncountable, plural multures)
- A grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.
- (Scotland, historical) A toll paid to a miller, mill-owner etc., generally in kind, for grinding corn or pulverizing ore.
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Verb
multure (third-person singular simple present multures, present participle multuring, simple past and past participle multured)
- (Scotland, historical, transitive) To charge a multure on.
Scots
Etymology
From Old French molture (modern French mouture), from Medieval Latin molitura, from the past participle stem of molere ‘grind’. Compare mill.
Pronunciation
Noun
multure (plural multures)
- (historical, agriculture) multure