| 单词 | lot-lead |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslot-lead lot-lead n. Mining (now historical) (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 owner; cf. sense 7b. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for privilege > [noun] > of taking minerals sand-mail1287 lot-leada1483 lot1630 cope1631 sand-gavel1663 lordship1767 gale1775 tribute1778 royalty1839 groundage1852 seignioragea1859 galeage1881 a1483 Mendip Laws in W. Phelps Hist. & Antiq. Somersetshire (1839) II. 6 So that he doth..pay his lott lead, which is the tenth pound which shall be blown on the hearth or hearths. 1591 in Trans. Inst. Mining Engin. 20 (1902) 548 It Is Found by Ancient Custome of Mendip that every Workman ought to receive of the Lead Reeves, or one of them, one Faile to be Cut out of ye Store of ye Lott Lead, which they & every of them do weigh, the Stock to remain with ye Lead Reeves. 1868 C. I. Elton Treat. Commons & Waste Lands vii. 112 It was said, in an old case, that in the great waste or common called Mendip are divers ‘grooves’ and mines of lead, for which any man may dig on payment of one-tenth part by the name of lot-lead to the lord of the manor of Wells. 1998 Brit. Mining No. 61. 134 The returns of lot-lead on the Mendip between 1602 and 1666 are given in tons, hundredweights and pounds. < as lemmas |
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