| 单词 | ox-penny |
| 释义 | > as lemmasox-penny ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for privilege > [noun] > of keeping specific animals swannage1398 ox-pennya1400 hungil1450 warrenage1610 ox-money1616 nowt-geld1688 sheep-penny1774 a1400 in N. Neilson Customary Rents (1910) 77 (MED) Oxpeni. 1774 G. Low Tour Orkney & Shetl. (1879) 75 They tell us they are yet subjected to many taxes laid on them at the time of the building of this castle, as the Ox-penny, or a tax laid on every Ox. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 583 The parish also pays to Sir Thomas Dundas, the superior, for scatt, wattle, and ox-penny. 1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands ii. 226 Collectors still come round for the annual duties of scat, wattle, ox-penny, hawk-hens, grassum, and land-mails. < as lemmas |
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