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▪ I. met, n.1 Obs. exc. dial.|mɛt|
Forms: [1 ᵹe-met(t], 3– met, mett. Also 3, 5–6 mete, (7 meat). Also i-met.
[OE. ᵹemet neut. = OS. gimet (Du. gemet acre), OHG. gameȥ, ON. mét neut. pl., weight of a balance:—OTeut. *ga-metom, f. root *met- to measure: see mete v.
The form i-met survived only to the beginning of the 13th c. in the south; in other dialects the prefix was lost still earlier, according to the general rule with regard to ns.]
= measure n. in various senses.
†1. Size, dimension or quantity as determinable by measurement; = measure n. 2, b, c. Sometimes = distance. Obs.
[c888K. ælfred Boeth. xviii. §1 [Ptolomeus] se towrat ealles þises middanᵹeardes ᵹemet on anre bec. c1050Laws Northumbr. Priests lvi. (Liebermann), Betweonan Eferwic & six mila ᵹemete. ]13..Cursor M. 8123 (Gött.) And all þair schapp was turned new, Of man-kind had þai þe mett. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 14978 Þe lengþe of þe Ilde of Tenet, Sex myle þen ys þe met. c1420Pallad. on Husb. iii. 199 A xl foote of mette Vche elm away from other most be born. a1529Skelton E. Rummyng 333 She..bad Elynour..fyll in good met.
2. The action of measuring. by met or with met: as determined by measuring.
a1300Cursor M. 8814 Þai lete it [þe tre] don wit-vten lett, And fand it merc inogh wit mett [a 1425 (Trin.) bi met]. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. 725 To take þy neighebours catel agayns his wille..be it by mette or by mesure. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 9480 Two hundred fet was it be met.
†3. A method or system of measuring; = measure n. 6. Obs.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 439 Met of corn, and wiȝte of se, And merke of felde, first fond he. 1580Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 300, xxxii bollis wattir mett. 1627Rep. Parishes Scotl. (Bann.) 2 Four bollis otis rining mett.
4. A unit of measurement, esp. of capacity. Now dial. = a bushel or (in some parts) two bushels.
[c1000ælfric Deut. xxv. 15 Hæbbe ælc man..rihte ᵹemetu on ælcum þingum.] c1250Gen. & Ex. 3333 A met ðor was, it het Gomor. a1300Cursor M. 28437 Again þe lagh in land is sett, Haf i wysed fals weght and mette. 1513Douglas æneis viii. Prol. 40 The myllar mythis the multur wyth a met scant. 1624A. Huntar (title) Treatise of Weights, Mets and Measures of Scotland; with their quantities, and true foundation. 1660Hexham, Een Gemeet Landes, a Meat or Measure of Land. 1691Ray N.C. Words 48 A Met: a Strike or four Pecks,..in York-sh. two Strike. 1793Statist. Acc. Scot. VII. 589 Herrings..sell for 1d. per score, or 3s. per mett, nearly a barrel of fresh ungutted herrings. 1876Whitby Gloss., Met, two bushels.
5. An instrument for measuring = measure n. 4. Obs. exc. dial. (see E.D.D.).
[c1030Laws of Cnut ii. ix. (Liebermann), ᵹemeta & ᵹewihta rihte man ᵹeorne.] a1300Cursor M. 12398 Þe knaue þat þis timber fett Heild noght graithli his mett, Bot ouer scort he broght a tre. c1440Alphabet of Tales 330 Sho..tuke hur mettis & hur messurs at sho fillid ale with. a1733Shetland Acts 16 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. (1892) XXVI. 199 The trying and adjusting of bismers with the stoups, cans, and other mets and measures.
6. a. A quantity measured out; esp. a quantity of anything as measured out according to a certain unit of measurement, as a met of coals. Now only dial.
[c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xiii. 33 On þrim ᵹemetum melwes.] c1200Ormin 14034, & twafald oþerr þrefald mett Þa fetless alle tokenn. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 625 Þre mettez of mele menge & ma kakez. 1522Test. Ebor. (Surtees) V. 145 To every of them oon mette of corne, scilicet, half of whete, and the other halfe malte. 1636Farington Papers (Chetham Soc.) 12, 23 Metts Banberie Malte. 1765Lond. Chron. 3 Jan. 16 The prisoners in Ouse-Bridge gaol received..10 mets of coals from his Grace the Archbishop. 1891A. Matthews Poems & Songs 19 A wab o' claith, a pirn wheel A met o' coals, a cheese, a neep.
fig.c1230Hali Meid. 273 [He] earneð him..met of heouenliche mede. 1572Satir. P. Reform. xxxiii. 343 Quhilks for to out with dowbill met and mesure, The vther tway ȝe ludgeit at thair plesure.
b. In Matt. vii. 2 and echoes.
[c975,c1175: see i-met.] a1300Cursor M. 25318 Wit sli mett als yee bi and sell, Wit þat ilk sal you be mett. c1330Spec. Gy de Warewyke 549 Alswich met as þu metest me, Alswich i wole mete to þe.
c. by or with large met: in abundance.
c1290St. Nicholas 150 in S. Eng. Leg. 244 And hou heo hadden bi large met wel more corn i-brouȝt. c1450Hymns Virg. 118 Hytt [the rayne] schalle ouergo wyth large mett Alle that ys in erth I-sett.
†7. Extent not to be exceeded; limit, bounds; = measure n. 12. withute met(e: beyond bounds. with met: ‘by measure’. Obs.
[c888K. ælfred Boeth. xl. §1 Þylæs hi cweþan þ̶ wit sprecan ofer monnes ᵹemet. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxiii. 32, & ᵹefylle ᵹe þ̶ ᵹemet eowra fædera.] c1200Ormin 17986 Forr Godd ne ȝifeþþ nohht wiþþ mett Hiss Gastess Hallȝhe Frofre. a1240Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 251 Helle is wid wið ute met ant deop wið ute grunde. Ibid. 263 Ha luuieð god wið ute met.
†8. Moderation, temperance; = measure n. 13. Also, modesty. Obs.
[a1000: see i-met.] c1200Ormin 6116 Wiþþ mett & mæþ i mete & drinnch, & ec inn ȝure claþess. a1240Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 255 For ne mei na wunne ne na flesches licunge..bringe me ouer þe midel of mesure and of mete. c1357Lay Folks Catech. 445 Methe is mesur and met [Lamb. MS. mede] of al that we do.
9. Comb., as met-loom, instrument for measuring; met-poke, a bag serving as a measure. (See also met-line, -rod, -stick, -wand, -yard s.vv. meteline, meterod, etc.)
1528Burgh Rec. Stirling (1887) 33 The baillies sall caus all metloumis pyntis, quhartis and chopynnis, to cum to the tolbouit. 1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 100 When wee sende wheate [etc.]..to markette..wee putte it into mette-poakes.
▪ II. † met, ppl. a. Obs.
[See mete v.1]
Measured.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xl. (Ninian) 1406 Twa hundre myle of met way. a1400Sir Perc. 1708 The stede..Leppe up over an hille Fyve stryde mett. c1460Towneley Myst. xii. 484 This botell..It holdys a mett potell.
▪ III. met
see mete. |