Word for the Day

I learned a new word today.

Multure.

According to the Free Online Dictionary, it is the charge imposed by a mill for grinding grain, under Scottish law.

See, there's this Scottish folk song which has been going through my head (and you thought YOU had problems). It's called "The Maid Gaed to the Mill," it is distinctly single-entendre bawdy, and it speaks of the maid's determination to "hae her corn ground/mill and multure free." Use your imagination. The miller was happy to oblige.

Anyway, I went looking to find out what "multure" meant. Now I know. Can't wait to try to get that into a client's release somehow...

Wonder if there's a Technorati tag for "multure"?