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meteyard|ˈmiːtjɑːd|
Also 6 mette-, 6–7 meat(e-, 5, 9 dial. met-.
[f. mete v.1 or met n.1 + yard n.]
= metewand. Now dial.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xxvi. (1869) 150 With þe grete met yerde she wole mesure þat þat she biggeth. 1535Coverdale Lev. xix. 33 Ye shal not deale wrongeously in iudgment, with meteyarde, with weight, with measure. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. 83 b, The tailor hath his mette yarde and his measure. 1611Bible Transl. Pref. ⁋9 Neither is it the plaine dealing Merchant that is vnwilling to haue the waights, or the meteyard brought in place, but he that vseth deceit. 1876[see metewand].
b. fig. (Cf. metewand b.)
a1533Frith Disput. Purgat. Pref. A iij b, The verye worde of god..whiche is the sure metyarde and perfeyte touchstone that iudgeth and examineth all thynges. 1658Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. Pref., It shall suffice us to have measured the causes by humane capacity and mete⁓yard. 1898R. F. Horton Commandm. Jesus xii. 201 It is what this regenerate Ego desires that becomes the mete⁓yard of what we should do to others. |