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▪ I. dockage1|ˈdɒkɪdʒ| [f. dock n.3 + -age.] a. Charges made for the use of docks. b. Docks collectively, dock accommodation. c. The berthing of vessels in docks.
1708Deed 9 Apr. in New Engld. Hist. Gen. Reg. (1879) 402 The privilidge of Dockage and Wharffage. 1788Clarkson Impol. Slave Tr. 121 These vessels pay their dockage. 1864Daily Tel. 3 May, With regard to the dockage of the iron fleet. 1893Critic (U.S.) 25 Mar. 186/1 An interesting study [in water-colour] of dockage in New Orleans. ▪ II. ˈdockage2 [f. dock v.1 + -age.] The action of docking; deduction.
1886Philad. Times 20 Mar. (Cent.), I do not find..in the time-book a single instance of dockage. 1887Contemp. Rev. May 699 Dishonest dockage for dirt and chaff. |