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Toll dish

Toll \Toll\, n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G. zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment. See Tale number.]

  1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.

  2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.

  3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.

    Toll and team (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a market, and jurisdiction of villeins.
    --Burrill.

    Toll bar, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers.

    Toll bridge, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over it.

    Toll corn, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill.

    Toll dish, a dish for measuring toll in mills.

    Toll gatherer, a man who takes, or gathers, toll.

    Toll hop, a toll dish. [Obs.]
    --Crabb.

    Toll thorough (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at its cost.
    --Brande & C.

    Toll traverse (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the like, of another.

    Toll turn (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts from market, though they were not sold.
    --Burrill.

    Syn: Tax; custom; duty; impost.