See Also: scutage(dictionary)
SCUTAGE, old Eng(law)

callithrix (iou) and scutage (iou)


callithrix (iou)



callithrix noun. . E17.
[mod. Latin from Latin = a kind of Ethiopian monkey, from Greek kallitrikhos beautiful-haired.]
A marmoset. Now only as mod. Latin genus name.

scutage (iou)



scutage noun. LME.
[medieval Latin scutagium from Latin scutum shield after Old French escuage ESCUAGE.]
Hist. A tax levied on a feudal landowner's estate. Chiefly spec., money paid in lieu of military service.