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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pannage  \Pan"nage\,  n.  [OF.  pasnage,  LL  pasnadium 
  pastinaticum  fr  pastionare  to  feed  on  mast,  as  swine,  fr 
  L.  pastio  a  pasturing,  grazing.  See  {Pastor}.]  (O.  Eng.  Law) 
  a  The  food  of  swine  in  the  woods,  as  beechnuts,  acorns, 
  etc.;  --  called  also  {pawns}. 
  b  A  tax  paid  for  the  privilege  of  feeding  swine  in  the 
  woods. 




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