A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Gres-maill, -maile, n. [f. Gres n. 1b, and mail Male n. Cf. Gras-mail.] A sum payable for the use of pasture. —1534 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. I. 28.
He … rasawit na gres maill thair for [a mare] 1657 Melrose R. Rec. I. 166.
The gress maile [of 16 sheep] 1662 Ib. II. 19.
It is the common custome to give skin and birne or utherwayes they get no gres maill
