Sc. Law. Obs. thrill-, thryl-, threll-. [See THIRL sb.2, THRILL sb.2, and MULTURE.] The insucken multure paid by tenants of astricted lands to the mill having the right of thirlage; also, the right to exact this multure.
α. 1423. Charters, &c. of Edinb. (1871), 55. With the suckins, thryl multuris, and al freedomes langand thairto.
1471. Acta Audit. (1839), 21/1. The actioune … twiching þe thrill multer of þe landis of Carnfyne & Carnebro. Ibid. (1488), 124/2. Þe wrangwis wthalding of þe threll multure & sukkin awing to be said Alexandris mylne.
β. 1537. Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot., 374/1. Astricta multura, vulgariter thirle multer.
1617. Sc. Acts Jas. VI. (1816), IV. 579/2. His Maiestie … dissolvis fra the Croun … the said Burgh of Abirdene with all and sindrie thair landis,… salmond fischeingis … milnes, thirle multeris [etc.].
1882. J. Walker, Scot. Poems, 122. Quoth the man o’ dust an’ thirl-mouter.
