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measurage
† measurage Obs. [a. F. mesurage (13th c.), f. mesurer to measure: see -age.] A duty payable on the cargo of a ship. Cf. Droict de mesurage in Cotgr.1460 Maldon, Essex, Liber B. lf. 6 b, Mesurage and other dewtees. a 1676 Hale Narr. Customes iv. in S. A. Moore Foreshore (1888) 356 Busselage, measura...
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mensurage
† ˈmensurage Obs. [f. L. mēnsūra measure + -age.] = measurage.a 1676 Hale Narr. Customes vi. in S. A. Moore Foreshore (1888) 357 Other dutyes paid there, vizt. chalkinge, mensurage, wharfage, 1{supd} a diem.
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metage
metage (ˈmiːtɪdʒ) Also 6 Sc. mettage, mettege, 7 meatage. [f. mete v. + -age.] 1. The action of measuring officially the content or weight of a load of grain, coal, etc.15.. Aberd. Reg. XXIV. (Jam.), The mettege of colis, salt, lym, corne, fruit, and sic mensturable [sic] gudis. 1576 Reg. Privy Coun...
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lufcop
† ˈlovecop, ˈlufcop Obs. [? a. ON. *lofkaup, f. lof licence, leave + kaup purchase.] Some kind of local market-duty.1278 in Jeake Charters Cinque Ports (1728) 11 Et quod habeant Infangtheff. Et quod sint Wrecfree & Wittfree, Lastagefree, & Lovecopefree. 1299 in Harrod Deeds & Rec. King's Lynn (1874)...
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water-bailiff
ˈwater-ˌbailiff † 1. An officer in various port towns, charged with the enforcement of shipping regulations, the searching of vessels, and the collection of customs. Obs.14.. Contin. Brut 583 [Song on Siege of Calais] Remembres eke on Goby, the watir-bailiffes dog, How he scarmysshed with you twyes ...
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