† dayagen.
Obsolete. rare.
A tax or duty levied on vessels in harbour; (perhaps) a charge for each day spent in port.
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lastinglOE
lastage1205
anchorage1405
strandage1419
plankage1424
quayage1440
lowage1457
measurage1460
perch money1466
perching1483
keel-toll?1499
wharf-gelt1505
sand-gelt1527
wharfage1535
soundage1562
towage1562
groundage1567
bankage1587
rowage1589
shore-silver1589
pilotage1591
dayage1592
ballastage1594
rivage1598
pieragec1599
shore-mail1603
lightage1606
shorage1611
port charge1638
light money1663
port due1663
water-bailage1669
mensuragea1676
mooragea1676
keelage1679
shore-due1692
harbour-due1718
lockage1722
magazinage1736
jettage?1737
light duty1752
tide-duty1769
port duty1776
dockage1788
light due1793
canalage1812
posting-dues1838
warpage1863
winch1864
postage1868
flag-dues1892
berthage1893
shore-levy-
1592 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 70 [Various heads under which dues were claimed]..Ferriage; Daiage; Lastage; Wharfage; Keyage; Cranage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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