alnage

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alnage - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alnage \Al"nage\ ([a^]l"n[asl]j), n., [OF. alnage, aulnage, F.
     aunage, fr. OF. alne ell, of Ger. origin: cf. OHG. elina,
     Goth. aleina, cubit. See Ell.] (O. Eng. Law)
     Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such
     measurement.
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