A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.
A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.
Rent.
The legal system as a whole.
A mason's setting maul.
An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally; also called gavelkind.
To use a gavel.
To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.
A whole nutmeg seed.
A grey-brown colour.
The powdered seed, ready for use.
The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.
An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.
A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere.
To flavour with nutmeg.
To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent).