A fine paid by a youngster or landsman on first mounting the top. Also, a slight payment from new comers on crossing the line, passing through the Straits of Gibraltar, entering the Arctic Seas, &c.
·noun Relative condition; state. II. Footing ·noun A narrow cotton lace, without figures. III. Foo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
the time when a lying-in woman gets up. Norf. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose