ALNAGE, or AULNAGE, the measuring of woolen manufactures with an ell. It was at first intended as a proof of the goodness of that commodity, and accordingly a seal was invented as a mark that the commodity was made according to the statute; but, it being now possible to purchase these seals, they are affixed, whenever the vender pleases, to all cloaths indiscriminately, to the great prejudice of our woolen manufactures.