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See Alnage and Alnager.

A system of natural drainage developed by the constituent streams through headwater erosion.

A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent. Jacob.

ce which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

Playful raillery; banter. "He . . . indulged himself only in an elegant badinage." Warburton.

The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage. The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. Thackeray. We saw our baggage following below. Johnson.

One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. [U.S.]

One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.

In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates.

Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature. Zeal too had a place among the rest, with a bandage over her eyes. Addison.

See Barbicanage.

Money paid for the support of a barbican. [Obs.]

The whole body of barons or peers. The baronage of the kingdom. Bp. Burnet.

State or rank of a baronet.

obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.

Much talking; prattle; chatter. Byron.

Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively.

A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines.

A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.