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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tax once levied on English maritime towns and shires to provide ships for war.
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- noun historical A
tax applied tocoastal towns for theirdefence inwartime .
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- noun an impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense
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