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lightage|ˈlaɪtɪdʒ|
[f. light n.2 + -age.]
†1. A toll paid by a ship coming to a port where there is a lighthouse. Obs.
1606Charter in Brand Hist. Newcastle (1789) II. 701 Two..Light Houses att the North Sheiles..and for lights to be kept in them..an ancient..duetie called Lightage..of every English shipp..4d. 1789Brand ibid. II. 714 note, Lightage, six-pence for an English vessel.
2. Provision of (artificial) light.
1862Edin. Rev. Jan. 184 On the whole there exists a tolerably efficient system of lightage, buoyage, and beaconage. |