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A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage.

The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.

A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.

Malt liquor; drink brewed. "Some well-spiced brewage." Milton. A rich brewage, made of the best Spanish wine. Macaulay.

Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder.

See Brokkerage.

See Brokerage.

The business or employment of a broker. Burke.

Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [Slang] "These Brummagem gentry." Lady D. Hardy.

Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys.

A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft. Burrill.

A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [Eng.]

A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king. Blackstone.

A passage different from the usual one; a byway.

able of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.

Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.

partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. Cowper.

Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison. "The caged cloister." Shak.

A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird. [Poetic] Tennyson.

Car miles collectively.