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alnager|ˈɔːlnɪdʒə(r)|
Forms: 5–7 aulneger, 6 -geour, 7 -geor, alnageor, -eager, allnager, 7–8 alneger, 7–9 aulnager, 7– alnager.
[a. OFr. aulnegeor, n. of action f. aulnage: see prec.]
A sworn officer appointed to examine and attest the measurement and quality of woollen goods. The office was abolished by 11 & 12 Will. III. c. 20.
[1350Act 25 Edw. III, i. Totes maneres des draps vendables..soient aunez par le Auneour de Roi (16th c. transl. All manner of cloths vendible..shall be measured by the kings Aulnegeour).] 1581Lambarde Eiren. iv. iv. (1602) 416 Sundry other fees of Officers there be, as of Alnageours, Gaugeours. 1666Lond. Gaz. lxvi/2 A Bill for Regulating old and new Draperies, and appointing an Alneagers Office for sealing them. 1755Carte Hist. Eng. IV. 149 Some abuses of the aulnager. 1838J. Holt in Mem. II. 32, I was deputy alnager..which produced me from {pstlg}80 to {pstlg}100 a year. |