[f. prec. sb.]
† 1. intr. To yield tribute; trans. to pay as tribute. Obs. rare.
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., IV. 555. But hem I sette in wel pastyned londe, And they tributed with felicite.
1570. Levins, Manip., 196/26. To Tribute, tribuere.
1654. R. Whitlock, Ζωοτομια, 302. Amorous Trifler, that spendeth … his Afternoones in discourse with Paint, or Lust, tributing most precious Minutes, to the Scepter of a Fanne.
2. Mining. trans. and intr. To work on tribute. Hence Tributed ppl. a.; Tributing vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1855. J. R. Leifchild, Cornwall Mines, 143. Tributing … is a business requiring keen judgment and close application. Ibid., 152. Dolcoath miners,… tut-working and tributing, to send up copper for coinage, for tea-urns, for tea-kettles, and for trinkets.
1909. Westm. Gaz., 29 Dec., 10/4. All the tributing parties, owing to their being unable to earn a living, threw up their contracts.
1912. Times, 19 Dec., 19/1. From all of the tributed properties they were receiving revenue.
