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The Sailor's Word-Book

Premium of insurance. Also, a small allowance at the water side to master and mariner for each pack or bale of cargo landed by them: otherwise called hat-money.

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Primage
·noun A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
primage
n. The word is of old commercial use,for a small sum of money formerly paid to the captain or maste...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris