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aid 1. Mountaineering any of various devices such as piton or nut when used as a direct help in the ascent 2. (in medieval Europe; in England after 1066) a feudal payment made to the king or any lord by his vassals, usually on certain occasions such as the marriage of a daughter or the knighting of an eldest son
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