The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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
sucken — suck·en … 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
suckener — k(ə)nər noun ( s) Scots law : a tenant bound to grind his grain at the mill of a sucken * * * suckˈener noun A tenant under the sucken or thirlage system • • • Main Entry: ↑sucken … Useful english dictionary
insucken — adjective Etymology: in (I) + sucken Scotland : situated in or astricted to a sucken … Useful english dictionary
Thirlage — Thirl age, n. [Cf. {Thrall}.] (Scots Law) The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding. Erskine. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
outsucken — (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: out (IV) + sucken (n.) Scots law : not astricted to a particular mill for the grinding of corn compare thirlage … Useful english dictionary
thirlage — ˈthərlij noun ( s) Etymology: alteration of Scots thrillage thralldom, from Middle English (Scots), from thril thrall + Middle English age : a feudal servitude, right, or service binding the tenants of a sucken to carry the grain produced there… … Useful english dictionary
thirl — I. ˈthər(.ə)l noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thyrel, from thurh through more at through dialect : hole … Useful english dictionary
