Keyage

Now written QUAYAGE. Also 6 kei-, 7 kay-, caiage. [a. OF. kaiage, caiage etc. (1295 in Godef.; med.L. caiagium is found in 1167); see KEY sb.² and -AGE.] Quay-dues; quayage.

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[1324. in Gross, Gild Merch., I. 195, note 4. De hujusmodi theolonio … anchoragio, terragio, kayagio.]

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c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 269/2. Keyage, or botys stondynge, ripatum.

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1511. Waterf. Arch., in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., App. V. 325. Noo man … shall reise keiage of noo kaye nor othre place … except it be buylded as a keay.

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1610. W. Folkingham, Art of Survey, IV. i. 80. Profits of Faires, Markets,… Pontage, Caiage, Cranage.

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1681. W. Robertson, Phraseol. Gen. (1693), 784. Keyage or kayage, portorium.

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1778. Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2), s.v. Fowey, The toll of the market and fairs, and keyage of the harbour.

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