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English Dictionary: Gabel by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gabel \Ga"bel\, n. [F. gabelle, LL. gabella, gabulum, gablum; of
      uncertain origin. Cf.{Gavel} tribute.] (O. Eng. Law)
      A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an
      excise. --Burrill.
  
               He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry
               of a fish.                                             --Jer. Taylor.
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