Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Money paid for the maintenance of beacons.
Wiktionary
- n. Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon.
- n. uncountable Beacons collectively.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively.
Etymologies
- beacon + -age (Wiktionary)
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1815 edition; ed. William Burney (London: Chatham Publishing, 2006).
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Words having to do with lighthouses and beacons.
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chained_bear "a small duty paid by shipping in France, for keeping beacons in good repair."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 35 Oct 11, 2008