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scavage |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scavage \Scav"age\ (?; 48), n. [LL. scavagium fr AS sce['a]wian to look at to inspect. See {Show}.] (O. Eng. Law) A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts. --Cowell.
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