A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1547-1597, 1661-1675
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Ferme meil(l, meall. [Ferme n. 5.] Meal given in payment of rent.1547 Misc. Spald. C. V. 309.
Multure meall, ferm meall, and teynd meall 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Pension.
The pension of the ferme meil of Kirkpatrik, quhilk conteinis fiue chalder of aitmeill 1661 Forbes Baron Ct. 227.
To pey … tuo bollis of ferm meill … resteing be the said defunck William Layng 1675 Cunningham Diary 9.
I agreed … about one of his 3 bowls of ferme meill
