*kage*

n. Same as Boscage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thridding the somber boskage of the wood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Brokerage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as cross-link, n. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A charge for the use of a dock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. lekkage, for sense 1. ] 1. A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Com.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Elec.) A leak{ 3 }; also; the quantity of electricity thus wasted. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geom.) A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Any object, factor, or relationship that creates a bond or association between two other objects. [ PJC ]

5. Specifically: (Genetics) The proximity of two or more genes on the genome of an organism that causes those genes to be inherited, transferred, or moved together with a frequency greater than for genes not associated. The linkage is a continuous variable, and is inversely related to the distance between genes on the genome. [ PJC ]

n. 1. Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or locks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Toll paid for passing the locks of a canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The entire lock will be about fifty feet. De Witt Clinton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mockery. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Act or process of packing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A charge made for packing goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were the sons of aliens. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Enclosed in a package{ 2 } or protective covering; as, packaged cereals. [ Narrower terms: prepackaged, pre-packaged, prepacked ] unpackaged, loose
Syn. -- wrapped, done up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of taking by storm and pillaging; sack. [ R. ] H. Roscoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Decrease in value; depreciation. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, the quantity that enters or issues by soaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Hay, grain, or the like, in stacks; things stacked. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tax on things stacked. [ R. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of putting or storing in tanks. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Fees charged for storage in tanks. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. The capacity or contents of a tank or tanks. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Agric.) Waste matter from tanks; esp., the dried nitrogenous residue from tanks in which fat has been rendered, used as a fertilizer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Railroads) Lines of track, collectively; as, an extensive trackage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The practice of bartering goods; exchange; barter; truck. [ 1913 Webster ]

The truckage of perishing coin. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Money paid for the conveyance of goods on a truck; freight. [ 1913 Webster ]