In mercantile law. A small allowance or compensation payable to the master and mariners of a ship or vessel; to the former for the use of hls cables and ropes to discharge the goods of the mer-chant; to the latter for lading and unlading in any port or haven. Abb. Shipp. 404; Peters v. Speights, 4 Md. Ch. 381; Blake v. Morgan, 3 Mart. O. 6. (La.) 38L
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
