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groundage|ˈgraʊndɪdʒ|
[f. ground n. + -age.]
1.
†a. Some kind of toll or tax. Obs. rare—1.
c1440Jacob's Well 29 Alle þo, þat don men of holy cherche..to paye toll, pyckage, murage, or grondage, panage or gwydage, for swyche godys as are noȝt led to feyres & markettes, be-cause of marchaundise.
b. A duty levied on vessels lying upon a shore or beach, or entering a port; spec. in the City of London (see quot. 1854).
1567St. Papers, Dom. Add. Eliz. 26 Such as touch or lie upon the shore a time, pay that money (1s.) to the officers there as groundage. 1609Patent 7 Jas. I in Act 4 Geo. III, c. 26 Preamble, Tolls, duties, anchorages, groundages, profits, commodities, advantages..and appurtenances whatsoever. 1728S. Jeake Charters Cinque Ports 57 note, Terrage, or Groundage, nothing to be paid for their Ships lying a Ground, or at Anchor in any of the King's Havens or Harbours. 1848Wharton Law Lex., Groundage, a custom or tribute paid for the standing of a ship in port. 1854Fraser's Mag. XLIX. 564 The groundage of corn is a duty of 6d. on every vessel with corn on board entering the port.
c. (See quot.)
1852J. Wiggins Embanking 138 In the cases of mines or quarries, the royalty, seignorage, or groundage varies according to circumstances, from one-eighth to..one twenty-fourth.
†2. Running aground, stranding. Obs. rare—1.
1477W. Pekoe in Paston Lett. No. 807 III. 211 Sche had never no wrekke nor growndage till withinne this xx wynter.
†3. The bottom, as suitable or otherwise for anchorage. Obs. rare—1.
1637T. Morton New Eng. Canaan (1883) 122 The groundage is a sandy sleech, free from rockes to gaule Cables, but is good for anchorage.
†4. The right of occupying ground. Obs. rare—1.
1721Lond. Gaz. No. 5953/3 They shall have their Groundage..free, for such the two ensuing Fairs. |