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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Prisagenoun
Prisage, now called butlerage, is a custom whereby the prince challenges out of every bark loaden with wine, containing less than forty tuns, two tuns of wine at his price. John Cowell
Etymology: from prise.
Webster Dictionary
Prisagenoun
a right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this
Prisagenoun
the share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral
Etymology: [OF. prisage a praising, valuing, taxing; cf. LL. prisagium prisage; or from F. prise a taking, capture, prize. See Prize.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Prisage
prī′zāj, n. formerly a right of the English kings to seize for crown purposes, esp. that of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more. [O. Fr.,—prise, taking.]
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spairge
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Prisage in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Prisage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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