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pannage

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pannage [ˈpænɪdʒ]
n Archaic
1. (Historical Terms) pasturage for pigs, esp in a forest
2. (Historical Terms) the right to pasture pigs in a forest
3. (Historical Terms) payment for this
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) acorns, beech mast, etc., on which pigs feed
[from Old French pasnage, ultimately from Latin pastion-, pastiō feeding, from pascere to feed]
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The importance of the family had thus dwindled, but they still retained the old Saxon manor-house, with a couple of farms and a grove large enough to afford pannage to a hundred pigs--"sylva de centum porcis," as the old family parchments describe it.
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