Jerguer

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jerguer \Jer"guer\, n.
     See {Jerquer}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Jerquer \Jer"quer\, n. [Cf. F. chercher to search, E. search.]
     A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.
     [Eng.] [Written also {jerguer.}]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jerquing \Jer"quing\, n.
     The searching of a ship for unentered goods. [Eng.] [Written
     also {jerguer}.]
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  JERGUER, Engl. law. An officer of the custom-house, who oversees the 
  waiters. Tech. Dict. h.t.