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Webster 1913 Edition

Alnage

Al′nage

(ăl′nā̍j)

,

Noun.

,

[OF.

alnage

,

aulnage

, F.

aunage

, fr. OF.

alne

ell, of Ger. origin: cf. OHG.

elina

, Goth.

aleina

, cubit. See

.]

(O. Eng. Law)

Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.

Webster 1828 Edition

Alnage

AL'NAGE

,

Noun.

[L. ulna; Gr. an arm, a cubit. See Ell.]

A measuring by the ell.