Riv″age (?), n. [F., fr. L. ripa bank, shore.] 1. A bank, shore, or coast. Spenser.
From the green rivage many a fall
Of diamond rillets musical. Tennyson.
2. (O.Eng.Law) A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.