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mul·ture \ˈmyütə(r)\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English multyr, multer, from Old French molture, literally, grinding, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin molitura, from Latin molitus (past participle of molere to grind) + -ura -ure — more at meal chiefly Scotland : a fee in the form of money, grain, or meal paid to a land proprietor or a tenant miller for the grinding of grain |