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(1):

(n.) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prisage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/prisage.html. 1828.
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