Fuage

[from Fr. fouage; L. Lat. focagium, from focus, a hearth.] In old English law. A tax laid upon the fireplace, hearth or chimney. Mentioned in Domesday as paid by custom to the king, for every chimney in the house.

1 Bl. Com. 324.

Afterwards called hearth money, or hearth silver, and chiminage. Id, ibid, Spelman,