? = sand-gavel n.

(with reference to lead mining in the Mendip Hills in Somerset) one tenth of the lead ore extracted from a mine, paid as a royalty to the mine's…

Mining. With reference to lead mining in Derbyshire: a royalty paid to the owner of a mine, consisting of a proportion of the total ore…

Derbyshire Mining. A duty paid by the miner for permission to raise lead-ore. [See quot. 1747, and cope, v.3 4]

(see quots.).

Scottish. A percentage payment made on output from a mine or sales of books; a royalty. Obsolete. Cf. lord, n. 3c.

In the Forest of Dean: the royalty paid by a ‘free-miner’ for a plot of land, with the right to dig for coal, iron, or stone; a licence or grant…

In Mining (originally in the tin-mining of Cornwall; now in general use). The proportion of the value of the ore raised, paid by the miners to…

A payment made to a landowner for the privilege of working a mine. Also: a payment made by a producer of minerals, oil, or natural gas to the owner…

(See quot. 1852.)

A duty claimed by the over-lord upon the output of certain minerals, a royalty.

Royalty paid for a grant of land in the Forest of Dean: see gale, n.4 4.