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Webster 1913 Edition

Thirlage

Thirl′age

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Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Thirlage

THIRLAGE

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Noun.
thurl'age. In English customs, the right which the owner of a mill possesses by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding.

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