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Definition of Thirdings
1. n. pl. The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire.
Definition of Thirdings
1. Noun. (UK legal) One third of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, paid to the lord as a heriot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thirdings
1. thirding [n] - See also: thirding
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirdings
Literary usage of Thirdings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1888)
"calls them ' thirdings.' * George Murthwaite entered Batter, 1750 ; matriculated
Dec. 17, set. 17, ' son of Richard, ..."
2. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1868)
"... thirdings—occurs as a measure of land in South Norway. The history of Bede,
although it traces carefully the early political events of Northumbria, ..."
3. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"But he was enabled to effect a change with another student, and got two guineas
in addition, for his thirdings, on account of his better furniture. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"thirdings. The Ridings. This word is given by Urry, in his MS. Additions to Ray.
(2) A custom practised at the universities, wher: two thirds of the ..."
5. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"thirdings, [Law Term] the third Fart of Grain growing on the Ground at the Death
of the Tenant, and due to the Lord as an Heriot. ..."
6. Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by Samuel Johnson (1892)
"thirdings.' He paid ,£8 for his See Appendix B for A. Macdonald's 'caution'; £\
12s. dd. for his gown Letter to David Hume about an (which, ..."
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