escuage (age as Ig)

[Norm. Fr.; French Ecuage, escuage, from Low Lat. scutagium, from Lat. scutum; Fr. écu, escu =a shield.] Feud. Syst.: A sum of money paid by a tenant in lieu of personal attendance on the lord in knight service. It came at last to be levied by a e ment at so much for every knight's fee. The first time this appears to have been done was in 5th Henry II. of England, for his expedition to Toulouse; but it soon came to be so universal that personal at tendance fell quite into disuse. [SCUTAGE.] *ěs-cu-dê-rō, s. [Sp., from Lat. scutarius , from scutum a shield.] A shield-bearer, an esquire, an attendant upon a person of rank; a lady's page. ěs-cu-dō, s. [Sp.] Numis.: A Spanish coin containing ten reales. Ten escudos are $5.00. Ěs-cu-lā-pi-an, a. [Lat. Æsculapius , the god of medicine He is described as the son of Apollo and Coronis, and is usually represented as an old man bearing a staff, round which a serpent is twined.] Of or pertaining to medicine or healing; medical. eserine