E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Teinds.
Tithes.
1
“Taking down from the window-seat that amusing folio (The Scottish Coke upon Littleton), he opened it, as if instinctively, at the tenth title of Book Second, ‘of Teinds or Tythes.’”—Sir W. Scott: The Antiquary, chap. xxxv.
N.B. Those entitled to tithes were called in Scotland “teind-masters.”
s.
