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A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king.

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  1. n. A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king.
  2. A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king. Blackstone.
  3. A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported intoEngland by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to theking's butler for the king. Blackstone.