Obs. Also stagg(e, stage. [Of obscure origin.] Of furs: Raw, unseasoned.
1545. Rates Custom Ho., a vij b. Callabre stagg. Ibid. (1545), b ij b. Foyne stagge. Ibid., d ij. Stagge the thousande. Stagge the hundreth. Ibid. (1583), A viij. Callaber stage.
a. 1618. Rates of Merchandizes, G 2 b. Foynes wombes seasond…. Foynes wombes stage.
1640. in Entick, London, II. 177. Coney skins grey, tawed, seasoned or stag.
