Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Custom or duty paid for skins of leather.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A customs duty on skins of leather.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
duty onhides ,furs andskins .
Etymologies
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From Latin pellicula, from pellis ("a skin").
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Examples
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HOSPES, quod deico paullum est, asta ac pellage. haic est sepulcrum hau pulcrum pulcrai feminae: nomen parentes nominarunt Cladiam. suom mareitum corde deilexit souo: gnatos duos creauit: horunc alterum5 in terra linquit, alium sub terra locat. sermone lepido, tum autem incessu commodo. domum seruait. lanam fecit.dixi. abei.
Epitaph of Claudia Anonymous 1912
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