A L N 



A L N 



fure or Hviiis worn by ilie canons, on tlieii- left arms, in the 

 manner of muds. 



ALMUDIiEBIS, in tlie ArMm yljlrokgy, a kind of 

 dignity, or pre-eminence, riccruing to a planet in i'omc place, 

 eitlicrlrom its dilpoiitiim or benii;n afpert.- 



ALMUG-Zrir, a kii'.d of wood mentioned in Scripture, 

 imported by Solomon from Opliir, and ufcd in tlic making of 

 rails, or pillars of the tLnipIe. I Kings, ch. x. ver. ii, 12. 

 2 Cluon. ch. ii. ver. S.- See Almiggim. 



ALMUGEA, in /ifrology, denotes a certain configura- 

 tion ol the planets, in relpcft to the fun and moon, cor- 

 rclpondent to that which is between the hours of thofe pla- 

 nets, and the fun's and moon's hours. 



Thus Saturn would be in the ainiiigca of the fun, when 

 dlftant from him the fpace of live figns in fucccfllon, or in 

 the almugea of the moon, when he is at the fame dillance, 

 I only contrary to the fucceffion of the figns. 

 ' ALMUGNA, in Geography, a large handfome village of 

 Aragon, in Spain, fituate at the junction of the Grio with 

 the Xalon. 



ALMUGNECAR, a fea-port town of Spain, in the 

 province of Granada, fituate on the Mediterranean, with a 

 good harbour and ilrong citadel, eight leagues foutli of Ai- 

 hama, and 18 eail of Malaga. N. kit. 36^ 50'. W. long. 



AEMUM, in Jiiaati Geography, a diftrid of Mx-fia, 

 upon the DLUiube. 



ALMUS. See Alma. 



ALMUTAZAPHUS, a msgiilrate of Aragon, whofe 

 office is to fearch houfes for ftolen goods, weigh the bread, 

 meaiure the wine, S:c. 



ALMUTHl'lN, in the Arabian JJlrology, the planet 

 v.'hich has the difpufal of a place, that is, furpaifes the rell 

 in the number and efficacy of dignities, regard being liad to 

 the effential points, viz. exultation, ierms,irtgons, and phafes. 

 This is otherwile called dhnujleiili. 



ALNABATI, in the Materia Medlea, a name given, 

 by Avicenna and Serapion, to the siliqj.ia dukis, or carob- 

 Ivee. . They calkd both this and the acacia by the com- 

 mon name charnub, or chanib ; but they fufficiently dif- 

 tinguilll this, not only by this appellation, but by tell- 

 ing us it was a gentle purge, whereas the other was allrin- 

 gcnt. 



ALNAGE, orAuLVAGE, French, formed of aan^, or 

 a'.m', an ell, q. d. ell-meafure ; .the meafuring of woollen ma- 

 nufactures with an til, and the other functions of the al- 



M ACER. 



All the attempts which our forefathers made for regulat- 

 ing inanufaclures, when left to the execution of any parti- 

 rub.r ofticer, in a fhort time refolved into a tax on the com- 

 inodily witiiout refpeft to the goodnefs thereof.— As is moft 

 notorious ill the cafr of aulnage, which was intended for a 

 f ruof of the goodaefs of the commodity ; and to that pur- 

 pofe a feal was invented, as a fignal that the commodity 

 was made according to their ftatute ; which feals, it is faid, 

 may now be bought by thoulandi, and put on what the buy- 

 ers pleafe. Sir Jof. Child's Difc. on Trade. 



It is probable that t!ie abufes here mentioned by Sir Jofiah 

 Child did, among other reafons, give occafion to the claufe 

 II and 12 Will. III. cap. 20. by which aulnage duties are 

 wholly taken away. 



ALNAGER, Alneger, or Aulneger, q. d. mea- 

 furer ly the ell, fignifies a fworn public officer, who, by him- 

 felf or deputy, \» to look to the aflize of woollen cloth made 

 tliroughout the land, i, e. the length, width, and worlc 

 thereof ; and to the feals for that purpofe ordained. The 

 of&ce of king's aulnageriJeems to have been derived from. the 



ftatute of Richard I. A. D. 1197, which ordained, that 

 there fiiould be only one weight, and one meafure, through- 

 out the kingdom ; and that tiie cidlom of the alfize, or 

 ftandard of weights and meafurcs, fnould be commiued to 

 ceitain perfons in every city and borough. 'I'hls office is 

 firft mentioned in the Ratute-book, A. D. 132S ; but it ap- 

 pears to have exifted under this appellation, and to have been 

 ordilncd by letters patent as far back as the ijtii )earof king 

 Edw. II. A. D. 1322. His huliiicfs A'as, for acertain fee, 

 to meafure all cloths made for fale, till the office was abo- 

 lilhed by the llatute 1 I and 12 W ill. III. cap. 20. In more 

 modern times, inllead of the aulnager, they have in every 

 clolliing town and pirlfli proper perfons called fearchcrs, ap- 

 pointed by the clothiers themfelves, who examine the qua- 

 lities and dimenfions of the feveral kinds of cloth, agreeably 

 to the ftatute of the ytli and 6th year of king Edward V. 

 cap. (•>. Anderfon's Com. vol. i. p. 181. fol. 



ALNAPEST, in Geography, a mountain of Ireland, ia 

 the county of Donegal, 19 miles north-north-eail of Bally- 

 fliannon. 



ALNASI, in the Mahometan Law, the transfeiring the 

 oblervation of a facrcd month to a profane month. 



ALNE, in Geography, a river of England, which runs into 

 the Stour in Warvvicklhire, on the borders of Worceiler- 

 fliire, four miles nortli-eall of Evelham. 



Als.]; is alfo a river which runs into the north fea at 

 Ahiemouth. 



ALNEMOITTH, or Alemouth, a fca-port town of 

 England, for fmall veffels, in the county of Northumber- 

 land, which carries on a confiderable trade with Holland, 

 four miles fouth-eaft of Alnwick, and 15 north of Morpeth. 

 N. lat. ^^^ 25'. W. long. 10° 35'. 



ALNEY, an^ Englilh iiland, in the river Severn and 

 county of Gloueeller, near the city of Gloucciler, remark- 

 able for aa interview between Canute the Dane and Edmund 

 Iron fide. 



ALNIDENA, in ylnclcnt Geography, a town of Caria, 

 mentioned in the council of Chalcedon. 



ALNI EFFIGIE, in Botany. See Cratsgus and 

 Mespilus. 



ALNIFOLIA. See Clethra. 



ALNI FRUCTU. See Conocarpus and Theo- 



BROMA. 



ALNUS, XktalJer. See Betula and CoNOCARPt;s. 



Alnus nigra et hacciferi^ See Rhamnus. 



Alnus alfo denotes a part in the ancient theatres, at the - 

 greateft dillance from the ilage. 



ALNWICK, in Geography, amarkettown of England and 

 county town of Northumberland, fituate on the iide of a hill 

 near the river Alne. The town is populous, and ingeneralwtll 

 built : it has a large town-houfe, where the quarter-fcllions 

 and county-courts are held, and members of parliament are 

 elected. Its principal ornament is an old Gotliic caille, be- 

 longing to the Percy family. It (lands on the brow of a liill . 

 above the river Alne, fronting the north, and having the 

 town immediately behind it. The late Duke of Northum- 

 berland, after his marriage with the hcirefs of this noble 

 family, refcued this caftle from its decay, and reilored it 

 to more than its former fplendour. He repaired the fur- 

 rounding towers, and fupplied thofe that were wanting in 

 all the feveral courts that encircle the manfion. He rebuilt 

 the citadel in its original form, and converted it into a very 

 fuperb palace, obferving the Gothic exterior in every com-- 

 partment, and uniting it with all the magnificence of the 

 modern. The approach is extremely grand, through three 

 gateways and two fpacious courts, environed by the out- 

 works, into a third court, wliich appears immured within 



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