Crossword-Solution: ALNAGE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Alnage | n. | Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ALNAGE | anagram | ANGELA, ANLAGE, GALENA, LAGENA |
We have 3 clues for the answer “ALNAGE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| English cloth measure, once used for tax purposes | 1 answer |
| Measurement by the ell. | 1 answer |
| measurement in ells | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EARA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with ALNAGE (4)
See Alnage.] A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); Ð now superseded by the meter.
And you that ache so much to be sublime, And you that feed yourselves with your descent, What comes of all your visions and your fears? Poets and kings are but the clerks of Time, Tiering the same dull webs of discontent, Clipping the same sad alnage of the years.
Etym: [See Alnage.] Defn: A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect act measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.
See Alnage.] Defn: A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); -- now superseded by the meter.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1957–1991).