单词 | stampage |
释义 | stampagen. 1. The crushing (of tin-ore). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > excavating or dressing ore > dressing ore > specific methods or minerals spalling1758 tozing1789 concentration1835 trunking1838 concentrating1872 all-sliming1905 stampage1910 sliming1920 1910 Cal. Close Rolls: Edward III XII. 113 1,000 marks every year to be taken of the issue of the stampage of tin in Cornwall. 2. A copy or impression (of an inscription) made by stamping. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > duplicating processes > copying inscriptions > [noun] > copy of inscription squeeze1857 stampage1880 estampage1887 1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 118/2 No copy was obtained [of the rock inscription] until October 1838, when the traveller Masson..made a calico stampage and an eye copy. 3. The amount charged or paid for the stamp or stamps of a postal packet; postage. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > for postage postage1536 post1688 stampage1887 1887 Taken-in 88 I must not forget the stampage expenses..two miles out of Christ Church, your letter will be 2d. 1888 Athenæum 16 June 762/1 It..costs..two or three times the amount of stampage for parcel post. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1880 |
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