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Definition of Metewand
1. n. A measuring rod.
Definition of Metewand
1. Noun. (obsolete) A measuring rod. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metewand
1. a measuring wand [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metewand
Literary usage of Metewand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"No fitting metewand hath To-day For measuring spirits of thy stature. ...
A metewand a yard in length. Take thou the bill, give me thy mete-yard, ..."
2. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by Jonathan Eastwood, William Aldis Wright (1884)
"... also ' metewand' in the same sense. The smith giveth over his hammer and
stithy : the tailor his shears and ..."
3. View of Lambert's "Notes on Ingersoll" by Helen M. Lucas (1909)
"When a man throws away the golden metewand which God has provided, ... We have
just seen, in the extracts from the Bible, the golden metewand which Mr. ..."
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