Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AL'NAGE
AL'MUG, or AL'GUMAL'NA-GER, or AL'NA-GAR
AL'NAGE, n. [Fr. aulnage, now softened into aunage; L. ulna; Gr. ωλενη, an arm, a cubit; W. elin; Ir. uelen, uile, or uilean, an elbow, a nook, or corner. See Ell.]
A measuring by the ell.
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