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Webster 1913 Edition

(?; 48)

Noun.

[LL.

scavagium

, fr. AS.

sceáwian

to look at, to inspect. See

(O. Eng. Law)

A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts.

Cowell.

Noun.

In ancient customs, a toll or duty exacted of merchant-strangers by mayors, sheriffs, &c. for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts.