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▪ I. primage1|ˈpraɪmɪdʒ|
[Known first in med. (Anglo-)L. form primāgium (see -age); of obscure origin: cf. primegilt. Hence mod.F. primage (1771 in Dict. Trévoux).]
1. A customary allowance formerly made by the shipper to the master and crew of a vessel for the loading and care of the cargo; also called hat-money; subsequently merely a percentage addition to the freight, paid to the owners or freighters of the vessel.
[1297Boston Customs Acc. Customs, K.R. Bd. 5 No. 5 dorso (P.R.O.), In frectagio pro .lij. saccis et .xx. petris lane..et in touwagio dictarum lanarum et in loadesmanagio .lxxj.s... Item in primagio .ij.s.] 1540Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 14 A piece of flemmishe mony called an Englyshe for lodemanage and for primage of euery fardell of wollen clothe. 1598W. Phillip Linschoten i. iii. 4/2 And receaue before hand, each man twenty foure millreyes,..as also primage, & certaine tunnes fraught. 1661Marvell Corr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 68, I haue spoke with Mr. Porter, who assures me he hath giuen order to stop the Primage, loadage [etc.]. 1755N. Magens Insurances I. 73 In Lieu of all..petty Port charges, it is usual at some Places to pay 5 per Cent calculated on the Freight, and 5 per Cent more for Primage to the Captain. 1809R. Langford Introd. Trade 134 Primage, an allowance to masters of vessels for the use of cables and ropes, and to mariners for their assistance in loading and unloading cargoes. 1882Bithell Counting-ho. Dict. (1893), Primage, a small contribution, usually about one-tenth the amount of the freight, formerly paid to the captain of a vessel for taking care of the cargo: but which is now regularly charged as an addition to the freight, and applied to the shipowner's benefit.
2. A small duty formerly paid to a local society of pilots, as at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Also attrib.
1606Mariners' Charter in Brand Hist. Newcastle (1789) II. 700 An ancient duetie heretofore..paid to the Companie, Misterie, Brotherhood, and Society [the Maister, Pilotts, and Seamen of the Trinitie House of Newcastle upon Tyne], called Primage, that is to say, 2d. of everie tunn of wine, oile, and other goods..rated..by the tunn [etc.]. 1789Brand ibid. 714 Primage is still paid to this society [of Pilots] at two-pence per ton. Ibid. 31 note, The primage book of the Trinity-House of Newcastle. [Abolished on the Tyne in 1865, on formation of the ‘Pilotage Board’.]
▪ II. ˈprimage2 Engineering.
[f. prime v.1 6.]
The amount of water carried off suspended in the steam from a boiler.
1881J. Hill in Metal World 8 Oct. 342 Experience shows that steam always carries a certain percentage of water in suspension as it rises from the body of water of which it is formed... The water so suspended in the steam is known as water entrained or as primage. 1890Cent. Dict. s.v., It is estimated..usually as a percentage..as, a primage of three per cent. |