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‖ diˈmensum Obs.
[med.L. dīmensum measured quantity, measure, n. use of pa. pple. of dīmetīrī to measure out: see dimense v.]
A measured portion; a fixed allowance; = dimense n.
1630B. Jonson New Inn iii. i, You are to blame to use the poor dumb Christians So cruelly, defraud 'em of their dimensum. Yonder's the colonel's horse..the devil a bit He has got, since he came in yet! 1643Lightfoot Glean. 26 The dimensum of their diet in the Wildernesse. |