(a) A toll paid for the privilege of loading a ship; ?also, the right to collect this toll; (b) the right to load a ship where one pleases; -- in AF legal glossaries only.
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(a) The driving of stakes; (b) an enclosure of stakes set in water for the catching of fish [some occurrences may be place names]; (c) a stake used to support a plant; (d) fig. anguish, torment [cp. s……