Definition of Drinksilver. Meaning of Drinksilver. Synonyms of Drinksilver

- Drinksilver was a kind of tip or gratuity given to artisans in Early Modern Scotland, a sum of money suitable for buying drinks and celebrating. Records...
- gave the masons working on the building a tip of 9 shillings, known as "drinksilver", and ordered the master mason to go to Stirling Castle to provide a...
- Regent Moray gave soldiers commanded by James Cunningham 20 shillings in drinksilver for their labours confiscating the goods of Lord Fleming at Boghall....
- excavated a new well. James IV visited in April 1497 and gave the masons drinksilver reward payments in May. Building lime was brought from Cousland. The...
- example pourboire in French, Trinkgeld in German, drikkepenge in Danish, drinksilver in Middle Scots, and napiwek in Polish. This comes from a custom of inviting...
- Gardens) was poisoned. Morton gave the workers who made gabions a bonus drinksilver payment after the castle surrendered. Grange's sister became ill, and...
- and to the porters (officers of lesser rank) 40 crowns described as "drinksilver". In April 1595, James VI and Anne of Denmark planned to come on a progress...
- 1578 the young King ordered that Inglis' "servandis" should be given "drinksilver", a kind of tip, for their efforts. In May 1590, James Inglis worked...
- asked for "morning and afternoon's drink", probably a reference to "drinksilver". Margaret Sanderson, Mary Stewart's People (Edinburgh, 1987), p. 23...
- his new ship, the Great Michael, he gave 5 shillings as a reward or drinksilver to a man who brought some lead. Beyond the potential revenue and the...