;^)
[snip] “Excise: a hateful tax levied upon commodities and adjudged not by the common judges of property but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid” [/snip]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language
I had no idea that Webster wasn't the first. History sure is fun now that I no longer have to take it in school.