Rivage

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

  Rivage \Riv"age\, n. [F., fr. L. ripa bank, shore.]
     1. A bank, shore, or coast. [Archaic] --Spenser.
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              From the green rivage many a fall
              Of diamond rillets musical.           --Tennyson.


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     2. (O.Eng.Law) A duty paid to the crown for the passage of
        vessels on certain rivers.
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