n. [ Cf. OF. aliénage. ] 1. The state or legal condition of being an alien. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The disabilities of alienage are removable by naturalization or by special license from the State of residence, and in some of the United States by declaration of intention of naturalization. Kent. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Estates forfeitable on account of alienage. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Alnage. ] A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. amesnagier. See Manage. ] To manage. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of chiefly Old World herbs.
Syn. -- genus Anagallis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of moths whose larvae are flour moths.
Syn. -- genus Anagasta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wrought in low relief, &unr_; embossed work; &unr_; + &unr_; to engrave. ] Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Work chased or embossed relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anaglypticus, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. See Anaglyph. ] Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -graph. ] An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, anaglyptographic engraving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; embossed + -graphy. ] The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Latinized fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; to recognize. ] The unfolding or dénouement. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a leading up; &unr_; + &unr_; a leading, &unr_; to lead. ] 1. An elevation of mind to things celestial. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication. -- An`a*gog"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. pl. Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures. L. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Anagoge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. anagramme, LL. anagramma, fr. Gr. 'ana` back, again + gra`fein to write. See Graphic. ] Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change of one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To anagrammatize. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. anagrammatique. ] Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. -- An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. 'anagrammatismo`s: cf. F. anagrammatisme. ] The act or practice of making anagrams. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. anagrammatiste. ] A maker of anagrams. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Gr. 'anagrammati`zein cf. F. anagrammatiser. ] To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anagrafh` a writing out, fr. 'anagra`fein to write out, to record; 'ana` + gra`fein to write. ] An inventory; a record. [ Obs. ] Knowles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pref. anti- + anagoge. ] (Rhet.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Appanage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to provision; L. ad + pains bread. ] 1. The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dependency; a dependent territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment. “Wealth . . . the appanage of wit.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. apanagiste. ] A prince to whom an appanage has been granted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Appanage. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Alnage and Alnager. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Phys. Geog.) A system of natural drainage developed by the constituent streams through headwater erosion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. avenage, fr. L. avena oats. ] (Old Law) A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent. Jacob. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. badiner to joke, OF. to trifle, be silly, fr. badin silly. ] Playful raillery; banter. “He . . . indulged himself only in an elegant badinage.” Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Barbicanage. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ LL. barbicanagium. See Barbican. ] Money paid for the support of a barbican. [ Obs. ] Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. barnage, baronage, OF. barnage, F. baronnage; cf. LL. baronagium. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The whole body of barons or peers. [ 1913 Webster ]

The baronage of the kingdom. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The dignity or rank of a baron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The land which gives title to a baron. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. brenage; cf. LL. brennagium, brenagium. See Bran. ] (Old Eng. Law) A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in “Gulliver's Travels.” ] Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n. A giant. [ Spelt often Brobdignagian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. carénage. ] (Naut.) (a) Expense of careening ships. (b) A place for careening. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carnage, LL. carnaticum tribute of animals, flesh of animals, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal. ] 1. Flesh of slain animals or men. [ 1913 Webster ]

A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cheminage, fr. chemin way, road. ] (Old Law) A toll for passage through a forest. [ Obs. ] Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Behavior or manners of a clown; clownery. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Coin, v. t., cf. Cuinage. ] 1. The act or process of converting metal into money. [ 1913 Webster ]

The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The cost or expense of coining money. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged. “Unnecessary coinage . . . of words.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is the very coinage of your brain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. communage. ] The right of pasturing on a common; the right of using anything in common with others. [ 1913 Webster ]

The claim of commonage . . . in most of the forests. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In some countries, concubinage is marriage of an inferior kind, or performed with less solemnity than a true or formal marriage; or marriage with a woman of inferior condition, to whom the husband does not convey his rank or quality. Under Roman law, it was the living of a man and woman in sexual relations without marriage, but in conformity with local law. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine. [ 1913 Webster ]