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scavage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scav-age
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tax on non-resident merchant goods by city officials for resident merchant advantage, similar to a tariff.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To act as a scavenger, to scavenge.

Etymology

From Middle English scavage, schevage, schewage, from Anglo-Norman escavage, escauwage, alteration of earlier escauvinghe (“scavage”), from Middle English shewing, schewing (“inspection, examination, show”), from Old English sċēawung (“a looking at, seeing, contemplation, consideration, respect, regard, reconnoitering, surveying, inspection, examination, scrutiny, a spectacle, show, appearance, pretence, a showing, exhibiting, manifestation, toll on exposure of goods”), equivalent to show + -ing. Doublet of shewage.

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Inflected Forms

scavages (plural) scavages (present, singular) scavaging (participle, present) scavaged (participle, past) scavaged (past)

Questions

What does scavage mean?
A tax on non-resident merchant goods by city officials for resident merchant advantage, similar to a tariff.
Where does scavage come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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