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metewand en · NOUN

Etymology

From mete + wand.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A measuring rod (in both its literal and figurative sense).
   • A true touchstone , a sure metewand lieth before both their eyes a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […] John Daye, […], published 1570, →OCLC:

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Synonyms

yardstick