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BORCOVIVM

Volume 4 · 124 words · 1823 Edition

in Ancient Geography, a town of the Ottadini in Britain; now Berwick on Tweed.

BORDE-HALFPENNY, a small toll by custom paid to the lord of the town for setting up boards, tables, booths, &c., in fairs and markets.

BORDE-LANDS, the demesnes which lords keep in their hands for the maintenance of their board or table.

BORDE-LODE, a service required of tenants to carry timber out of the woods of the lord to his house. It is also used to signify the quantity of provision which the bordmen paid for their bord-lands.

BORDE-SERVICE, the tenure of bord-lands, by which some lands are held of the bishop of London, and the tenants pay sixpence per acre, in lieu of sending provision anciently for their lord's table.