单词 | stand mail |
释义 | † stand mailn. Scottish. Obsolete. Originally: rent paid on a fixed regular basis. Later also: rent paid for a pitch at a market.In quot. 1902 given as part of a ‘current list of dues’ said to have been drawn up that year by the town council, but the archaic form suggests that this list was based on a much earlier document. ΚΠ 1603 in J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1890) VI. 515/1 With..standmaillis baith of the land mercat, meill merket and clayth merket, with all uther custumes. 1652 in Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. (1962) 39 78 Rental of the gallowrig and wolfgill lett for 14 s. entres silver & 11 s. stand-maill during 19 ȝeris. 1654 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1878) III. 388 For ilk stand maill of ane daill length one thair weiklie mercat dayes, tuelue penyes. 1713 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Royal Burgh of Lanark (1893) 287 The baillies rouped the stand maill of the meall mercat. 1828 Scotsman 27 Feb. 138/1 The Magistrates had a right to vary the form, and to raise the stand mail, subject to the controul of the Court of Session. 1846 Harbours: Return Port Harbour Dues 1844–5 585 (table) in Parl. Papers (H.C. 711) XLVI. 1 Stand mail, 2 d. 1902 Cupar Burgh Customs in Fife Herald & Jrnl. (1939) 18 Jan. 5/6 Stand meal for a stand..1 0. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1603 |
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