Associations to the word «Heriot»

Wiktionary

HERIOT, noun. (obsolete) the return of military equipment
HERIOT, noun. (archaic) a payment made to a lord on the death of a tenant
HERIOT, noun. (dated) a tribute

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope