SCAVAGE

Etymology 1

Noun

scavage (countable and uncountable, plural scavages)

(historical) A toll or duty anciently exacted from merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc. for goods offered for sale within their precincts.

Etymology 2

Verb

scavage (third-person singular simple present scavages, present participle scavaging, simple past and past participle scavaged)

To act as a scavenger, to scavenge.

Source: Wiktionary


Scav"age (; 48), n. Etym: [LL. scavagium, fr. AS. sceáwian to lock at to inspect. See Show.] (O.Eng. Law)

Definition: A toll duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts. Cowell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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