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  1. Noun.  (archaic) A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
  2. Noun.  (archaic, British) An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots ''(especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne)''.
  3. Noun.  (Australia, New Zealand) An additional import duty levied by customs.
  4. Noun.  (engineering) (rare) Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine).

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