Scavage

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

  Scavage \Scav"age\ (?; 48), n. [LL. scavagium, fr. AS.
     sce['a]wian to look at, to inspect. See {Show}.] (O. Eng.
     Law)
     A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by
     mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale
     within their precincts. --Cowell.


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