| 单词 | malt-silver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmalt-silver malt-silver n. †(a) = malt money n. (obsolete); (b) Scottish a payment to a maltster for making malt; (c) Scottish (figurative) a return or repayment, a requital. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for privilege > [noun] > of practising a trade > of making or selling specific things tolsester1232 malting-silver1298 malt-penny1334 shongablea1400 malt-silvera1472 malt money1600 ale silver1663 1222 in W. H. Hale Domesday St. Paul's (1858) 56 (MED) & dat iiij d. et ob de maltselver. 1307 Acct. Rolls Wistowe in Mod. Philol. (1936) 34 47 Maltsilver. a1472 in Cartul. Walt. de Norvico MS White Kennett MS note in Cowell's Interpr. (1701: Bodl. copy) at Molsilver Dabit pro..Maltsilver ad festum Nat. Domini iiid ob. 1542 in G. P. McNeill Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1897) XVII. 580 Onerat se..de viij li. pecunie et iiij li. vocatis malt silvir de firmis terrarum de Naristoun. 1569 Court Bk. Broughton & Canongate (1937) 65 That..the said Thomas..on na wayis will find..cautionaris..for payment of the said malt silver without he be compellit. 1606 Inverurie Burgh Court 17 Nov. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) For rest of malt silver bocht be the said Wm. Andersoneis wyf. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Maut-siller, 1. Literally, money for malt. 2. Most frequently used in a figurative sense; as, ‘That's ill-paid maut-siller’; a proverbial phrase signifying that a benefit has been ill requited. < as lemmas |
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