[f. STONE sb. + -AGE.]

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  † 1.  Stones collectively. Obs.

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1618.  Chapman, Hesiod, II. 29. Draw ashore Thy Ship; and fence her round with stonage store, To shield her ribs against the humorous Gales.

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  2.  Weight measured in stones. nonce-use.

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1882.  H. C. Merivale, Faucit of B., II. II. i. 149. Six good feet of height, and a stonage coming nearer to fourteen than to thirteen on the average.

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