| 单词 | reek hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreek hen reek hen n. [compare Middle Low German rōkhōn, German †Rauchhenne (1526 as rochhenna), †Rauchhuhn (late Middle High German rouchhuon)] Scottish (now historical) a hen given by a householder as part of a rent payment. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > paid in produce or livestock > specific rynmart1433 rynmutton1459 capon1495 mart1520 tack-swine1523 reek hen1540 farm meal1547 reek-poultry1585 reek fowl1592 corn-rate1665 wheat-rent?c1682 nowt-geld1688 farm-dish1713 corn-rent1809 pepper-rent1866 1540 in G. P. McNeill Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1897) XVII. 335 xiij lie reik hennys de firmis terrarum de Feriche. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 451 The cotters and sub-tenants pay..a reek hen, and one day's shearing in harvest. 1992 D. R. Hainsworth Stewards, Lords & People 195 By the second half of the seventeenth century such dues as..deodands for deaths by accident and so on, boon days, reek hens, Christmas geese or other similar gifts, might be little regarded by landowners. < as lemmas |
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