TONNAGE AND POUNDAGE
\tˈʌnɪd͡ʒ and pˈa͡ʊndɪd͡ʒ], \tˈʌnɪdʒ and pˈaʊndɪdʒ], \t_ˈʌ_n_ɪ_dʒ a_n_d p_ˈaʊ_n_d_ɪ_dʒ]\
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(Eng. Hist.) Duties granted by Parliament to the Crown, the former on wines, the latter on all other kinds of merchandise. By Charles I. they were collected for fifteen years on his own authority-a right which he was compelled to surrender. They are now merged in the general customs duties.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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