† shewage Obs. rare.
[f. shew, show v. + -age.]
An etymologizing alteration of scavage n., due to the lawyers of the 15–16th c.
| 1500 in Star Chamber Cases (Selden Soc.) I. 73 All maner of toll & Shewage oderwise called Skawage amonges oder thynges. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 8 Dyvers Meires..have..taken of theym a certeyn Costome called Skavage, oderwyse called Shewage. 1641 Termes de la Ley (1659) 245 b, Scauage or shewage. 1800 [see scavage n. 1]. |