A gentle nymph was found, Hight Astery, excelling all the crew In
courteous usage.
Spenser.
3. Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom;
habitual use; method. Chaucer.
It has now been, during many years, the grave and decorous usage of
Parliaments to hear, in respectful silence, all expressions, acceptable
or unacceptable, which are uttered from the throne.
Macaulay.
4. Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular
sense or signification.