English to English Dictionary -prisage

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Comprisal :: Comprisal (n.) The act of comprising or comprehending; a compendium or epitome.

Prisage :: Prisage (n.) 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..

Prisage :: Prisage (n.) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.

Reprisal :: Reprisal (n.) The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.

Reprisal :: Reprisal (n.) Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.

Reprisal :: Reprisal (n.) The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity..

Reprisal :: Reprisal (n.) Any act of retaliation.

Surprisal :: Surplusage (n.) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.