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peage |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peag \Peag\, n. [Written also {peage}, {peak}, {peeke}.] [Prob. of North Amer. Indian origin.] A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paage \Pa"age\ (p[=a]"[asl]j; 48), n. [OF. paage, paiage, F. p['e]age, fr (assumed) LL pedaticum fr L. pes, pedis, foot. See {Pedage}, {Pedal}.] (O. Eng. Law) A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written also {peage} and {pedage}.] --Burke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peage \Pe"age\, n. See {Paage}.
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