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" ALNAGAR (A'LNAGAR) A'LNAGER, or A'LNEGER.n.s.[from alnage.] A measurer by the ell; a sworn officer, whose business formerly was to inspect the assize of woollen cloth, and to fix the seals appointed upon it for that purpose; but there are now three officers belonging to the regulation of cloth-manufactures, the searcher, measurer, and alneger.Dict. ALNAGE (A'LNAGE) n.s.[from aulnage, or aunage, Fr.] Ell-measure, "
― Samuel Johnson , A Dictionary of the English Language (Complete and Unabridged in Two Volumes), Volume One
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" Of those which still continue in the state of aliens, and have made no approaches towards assimilation, some seem necessary to be retained, because the purchasers of the Dictionary will expect to find them. Such are many words in the common law, as capias, habeas corpus, præmunire, nisi prius: such are some terms of controversial divinity, as hypostasis; and of physick, as the names of diseases; and, "
― Samuel Johnson , A Dictionary of the English Language (Complete and Unabridged in Two Volumes), Volume One