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slidage Lumbering, Obs.

• 1 n. facilities for by-passing rapids and falls by means of slides (def. 1a).

  See also: slide (def. 1a)  

  • 1845  We consider it clearly and imperatively the duty of the Government to improve the slidage of this place

• 2 n. Obs. a charge made for running timber down a slide (def. la).

  See also: slide (def. 1a)  slide dues  

  • 1883  . . . timber licenses, Government dues, slidage . . . have been draining his pockets for the last twelve months.