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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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