ouncelandn.
/ˈaʊnsland/, /ˈaʊnslənd/, U.S. /ˈaʊnsˌlænd/, Scottish English /ˈʌnsland/, /ˈʌnslɔnd/, /ˈʌnslənd/ Scottish History.
A measure of land in Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and western Scotland, consisting of eighteen or twenty pennylands, on which a feu duty of one ounce of silver or one eighth of a mark was paid to the overlord; = uris-land at ure n.4 1a.Apparently originally corresponding to an earlier Celtic division of land: see quot. 1944.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land worth specific amount per annum
pennylanda1300
pennyland1439
soudeec1450
pennyworth of land1499
penny1504
uris-land1534
uris-cop1609
librate1610
obolate1610
solidate1610
ure of land1774
ounceland1805
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > land tax > land subject to
scat land1502
zamindari1742
ounceland1805
geld1809
1610 in R. C. MacLeod Bk. Dunvegan (1938) I. 79 His twa uncis of land of Trotirness with the pertinentis..twa unces lands of Troutirnes [etc.].]
1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney ii. v. 220 The entries are first by islands and parishes,..and lastly by marklands, erislands or ouncelands.
1814 J. Shirreff Gen. View Agric. Orkney 31 The lands in Orkney had been early divided into ure or ounce lands, and each ounce land into eighteen penny lands, and penny-lands again into four-merk or farthing lands, corresponding to the feu-money paid at the time.
1890 Shetland News 30 May 6/3 He [sc. Hacon, King of Norway] divided the islands into Eurelands or Ouncelands, each of which was the eighth part of a mark.
1944 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 78 55 The davach, pit, or bally of Celtic times became known as the ounceland.
1989 Stair Memorial Encycl. XXIV. 209 Their origin is difficult to determine, but in their developed form ouncelands formed valuation units for the imposition of scat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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