SUCKEN

Etymology

Noun

sucken (plural suckens)

(obsolete) The duty of a tenant to bring corn etc to a particular mill to be ground.

(obsolete) The land astricted in this way.

Anagrams

• Kunces

Source: Wiktionary


Suck"en, n. Etym: [See Socome, Soc.] (Scots Law)

Definition: The jurisdiction of a mill, or that extent of ground astricted to it, the tenants of which are bound to bring their grain thither to be ground.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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