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† alˈforge, alˈforja Obs.
[Pg. alforge, Sp. alforja, according to Diez, ad. Arab. al-khorj the store, supply, provision, f. kharaja to proceed.]
1. A wallet, a leather bag, a saddle-bag.
1611Timberlake 2 Eng. Pilg. in Harl. Misc. (1753) I. 341 A few Raisins and Bisket, such as we carried in our Alforges. 1779Johnson Wks. 1787 IV. 417 Came down to the sea-side with their aliforges, or leather-bottles, to traffic for water.
2. The cheek-pouch of a baboon.
a1704T. Brown Highlander Wks. 1730 I. 117 As monkeys their alforges stuff with nuts. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xviii. (1804) 112 A great bag of loose skin hanging down in wrinkles like the alforjas of a baboon. |