suckener

suckener
\\-k(ə)nər\ noun (-s)
Scots law : a tenant bound to grind his grain at the mill of a sucken

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suckˈener noun
A tenant under the sucken or thirlage system
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Main Entry:sucken

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  • suckener — suck·en·er …   English syllables

  • Thirlage — was the term used for the law in regard of the milling of grain for personal or other uses. Vassals in a feudal barony were thirled to their local mill owned by the feudal superior. People so thirled were called suckeners and had no choice but to …   Wikipedia

  • sucken — I. ˈsəkən noun ( s) Etymology: alteration of soken Scots law : the lands subject to the thirlage of a mill II. adjective Etymology: short for obsolete English bond sucken, from English …   Useful english dictionary

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