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Webster 1913 Edition
Pilotage
Pi′lot-age
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
pilotage
.] 1.
The pilot’s skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
2.
The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.
3.
Guidance, as by a pilot.
Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pilotage
PI'LOTAGE
,Noun.
1.
The pilot's skill or knowledge of coasts, rocks, bars and channels. [Not now used.]