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moulture (s.xiii)
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moulture (s.xiii)

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molture,  mosture,  mouture;  multure;  musture  (moulte (l. moult[re]e)  Percy Ch 331,  mulsture  YBB 30-31 Ed I 65,  multer)  
  FEW:  *molitura 6/iii,43a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  molture 10,167a TL: mouture 6,374 DEAF:  mouture  DMF:  mouture  TLF:  mouture  OED:  multure n.  MED:  multur n.  DMLBS:  molitura 1823a

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1agricultural(the process of) grinding (corn): 
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  De la diversitez de farine solonc la mouture  Waterford busby 289.S106
( 1317 )  en multure de furment  YBB Ed II xxi 135
2fig.grain, food: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Gardez, mes cheres soeres, qe voz gencives ne moillent jamés fors molture d'alme, ne voz orilles ne beivent [...]  Ancren1 59.19
3lawtaxmulture, toll levied on corn ground: 
( MS: s.xiii )  emolumentum: tol.s. multer  Gloss Garland 170
( 1260; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  De moudre blé quites saunz mouture (var. moulture; multure) [e] tonue  Brev Plac 151
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  saunz molture e tonue doner [...] s'en ala  Court Bar (A) 33
( 1302 )  lez esplez en prit com en mosture de forment  YBB 30-31 Ed I 213
( 1347 )  le dit priour [...] soient tenuz de doner ataunt de molture de meisme les terres que serrount par eux certifiez  Percy Ch 331
franche moulture
lawthe right to mill: 
( 1325 )  fraunch moulture en le dit molyn de Bokenfeld et franch pescherie en l'ewe q'est appellé la Ree  Rot Parl1 i 438

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See also:

moudre 
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