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.
Related words: (words related to BRENNAGE)
- 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.