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Word Meanings - BRENNAGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.

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  • FURNISHMENT
    The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. Daniel.
  • OBLIGABLE
    Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy. The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can come under obligations on which you can rely, -- is obligable; and another is not. Emerson.
  • OBLIGER
    One who, or that which, obliges. Sir H. Wotton.
  • OBLIGEMENT
    Obligation. I will not resist, therefore, whatever it is, either of divine or human obligement, that you lay upon me. Milton.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • TRIBUTER
    One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value. Note: Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch, beyond which they are not permitted to work, and for which they receive
  • OBLIGATORINESS
    The quality or state of being obligatory.
  • FURNISH
    Pr. formir, furmir, fromir, to accomplish, satisfy, fr. OHG. frumjan to further, execute, do, akin to E. frame. See Frame, v. t., and - 1. To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to
  • OBLIGATO
    See OBBLIGATO
  • FURNISHER
    One who supplies or fits out.
  • OBLIGATION
    A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things. Days of obligation. See under Day. (more info) 1. The act of obligating. 2. That
  • OBLIGATORILY
    In an obligatory manner; by reason of obligation. Foxe.
  • OBLIGOR
    The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another. Blackstone.
  • OBLIGEE
    The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given. Blackstone.
  • OBLIGING
    Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind. Mons.Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them. Addison. Syn. -- Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, --
  • TRIBUTE
    A certain proportion of the ore raised, or of its value, given to the miner as his recompense. Pryce. Tomlinson. Tribute money, money paid as a tribute or tax. -- Tribute pitch. See under Tributer. Syn. -- See Subsidy. (more info) to bestow,
  • OBLIGATORY
    Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier. As long as the law is obligatory, so long our obedience is due.
  • OBLIGE
    1. To attach, as by a bond. He had obliged all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself. Bacon. 2. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something. The obliging power of the law is neither
  • THEIR
    The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country. Note: The possessive takes the form theirs (theirs is best cultivated. Nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs. Denham.
  • DISOBLIGER
    One who disobliges.
  • DISOBLIGE
    1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to. Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends, shall infallibly come
  • RETRIBUTER
    One who makes retribution.
  • DISFURNISH
    To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest. I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that can raise me higher. Massinger.
  • DISOBLIGEMENT
    Release from obligation.
  • REDISTRIBUTE
    To distribute again. -- Re*dis`tri*bu"tion (-tr, n.
  • DISTRIBUTER
    One who, or that which, distributes or deals out anything; a dispenser. Addison.
  • REFURNISHMENT
    The act of refurnishing, or state of being refurnished. The refurnishment was in a style richer than before. L. Wallace.

 

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