Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Money paid for the maintenance of beacons.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively.
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- noun
Money paid for themaintenance of abeacon . - noun uncountable Beacons collectively.
Etymologies
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beacon + -age
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chained_bear commented on the word beaconage
"a small duty paid by shipping in France, for keeping beacons in good repair."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 35
October 11, 2008