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gunnage (ˈgʌnɪdʒ) [f. gun n. + -age.] a. The money distributed among the captors of a ship, assigned in proportion to the number of guns on the captured ship. ? Obs. b. ‘The number of guns in a ship-of-war’ (Ogilvie 1855).1703 Lond. Gaz. No. 3959/3 He will..pay..their just Proportion due to each of ...
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▪ I. gun, n. (gʌn) Forms: 4–6 gonne, gounne, gunne, 5 gownne, gune, 6 gon(e, gonn, goon(ne, Sc. gown, 5– gun. [ME. gunne, gonne (riming with sonne = sun); hence already in 14–15th c. the word was adopted as Welsh gwn, Irish (also Sc. Gaelic) gunna, Anglo-L. gonna, gunna. With regard to the ultimate ...
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