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That which is presaged, or foretold. [R.] "Ominous presagement before his end. " Sir H. Wotton.

One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder. Shak.

A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this. Blackstone.

The act of repassing; passage back. Hakluyt.

Art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from the reverse side: (1) in producing repoussé work; (2) in leveling up any part of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause a depression.

An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some animal.

Espousal. [Obs.] Bale.

Surplusage. [Obs.] "There yet remained a superplusage." Bp. Fell.

Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted. Take what thou please of all this surplusage. Spenser. A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature. Emerson.

Want or lack of usage. [Obs.] Chaucer.

e of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage. My brother Is prisoner to the bishop here, at whose hands He hath good usage and great liberty. Shak.

One who has the use of anything in trust for another. [Obs.] Daniel.

ce, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face. Chaucer. "A visage of demand." Shak. His visage was so marred more than any man. Isa. lii. 14. Love and beauty still that visage grace. Waller.

Having a visage. Shak.

The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it.

Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat. Chaucer.

Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.

The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage. J. S. Dwight.

The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land. "All access was thronged." Milton.

Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc. Smollett.