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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch tenure by which the tenant is bound to pay only a nominal or trifling yearly duty to his superior, as an acknowledgment of his right, and only if demanded. Also written
blench-holding .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Scots Law) A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.
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