Definitions containing jà tuns

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Prisage

Prisage

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

— Webster Dictionary

Tun

Tun

to put into tuns, or casks

— Webster Dictionary

burthen

burthen

The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.

— Wiktionary

Midgard

Midgard

a name given in the Norse mythology to the earth as intermediate between the Asgard (q. v.) of the gods and Utgard of the Jötuns (q. v.).

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Jötunheim

Jötunheim

the abode of the Jötuns in the Norse mythology, as Asenheim is that of the Norse deities.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia


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