metn.¹

Brit.

/mɛt/, U.S.

/mɛt/, Scottish English

/mɛt/

Forms: late Old English– met (now English regional), Middle English med (transmission error), Middle English meet, Middle English meete, Middle English–1500s mete, Middle English–1600s mette, Middle English–1600s (1800s– English regional) mett, 1500s meate, 1600s meat; Scottish pre-1700 meat, pre-1700 meit, pre-1700 mette, pre-1700 mit (in compounds), pre-1700 1700s mete, pre-1700 1700s– met, pre-1700 1700s– mett.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Probably partly a borrowing from another Germanic language. Etymon: i-met n.

Etymology: Probably partly aphetic < i-met n., and partly a borrowing of a parallel unprefixed cognate in another Germanic language: compare Middle Dutch met measure (of land), Old High German mez measure (especially of liquid or grain), measurement, limit, way (Middle High German mez ), Old Icelandic met (plural) the weights of scales, (figurative) esteem (Icelandic met scales, valuation, estimation, esteem; compare also the original plural form in Old Icelandic (poetic) mjǫt , plural ‘due measure’), Faroese met valuation, estimation < the Germanic base of mete v.¹ In branch III. probably < the unattested Norn reflex of the early Scandinavian word represented by Old Icelandic met (see above). Compare mit n.Perhaps also influenced semantically by the reflexes of other ablaut variants of the same Germanic base: compare (with o -grade) Old Icelandic mat valuation, estimation; and (with lengthened grade) Middle Dutch māt measure (of land) (Dutch maat ), Middle Low German māt measure, Middle High German māz measure, degree, way (German Maß measure, degree, way, limit, moderation), Icelandic mát (17th cent.) moderation, measurement, (obsolete) mark, stamp, Faroese mát measurement, Norwegian (Nynorsk) måt moderation, degree, way, limit, mark, Old Swedish mat measure, degree, mark (Swedish mått ), Gothic -met (in the compound usmet behaviour, way of life); the Scandinavian forms are probably ultimately borrowings < Middle Low German. Compare also the first element of certain Shetland place names, as Maedadalls Woe (1667), lit. ‘boundary-valley's stream’, Mathul , lit. ‘boundary-hillock’, Matriv , lit. ‘boundary-cleft’. Several forms, especially in Older Scots (e.g. mete , meit , meat ), show lengthening of the stem vowel, and subsequent raising as a result of the operation of the great vowel shift. Formerly also used in senses 1a, 1d without change in the plural when following a cardinal number (compare quots. 1465-6, 1724). The unchanged plural is a common feature of words denoting units of measurement (compare foot n. 6a, pound n.¹).

Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern).

I. Senses relating to physical amount and measurement.

†a. A quantity of a commodity measured out, esp. according to a particular unit of measurement. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > a measure

mealeOE

metlOE

metea1871

lOE Possessions, Rents, & Grants, Bury St. Edmunds in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 198 Ðis is Sancte Eadmundes ferme on Byrtune, IIII met maltes under masc & grut, halmet hwæte.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14034 Twa fald oþerr þre fald mett Þa fetless alle tokenn.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 625 Þre mettez of mele menge & ma kakez.

1465–6 Charter Edinb. Reg. House No. 391 Payand ȝhereli..ane barale off butter and foure met of malt.

1522 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 145 To every of them oon mette of corne, scilicet, half of whete, and the other halfe malte.

1586 in Stanley Papers (1853) II. 12 One mette & a halfe of Barly malte.

1605–6 Montrose Burgh Treasurer's Accts. f. 3 Giffin for ane mett of collis.

1765 London Chron. 3 Jan. 16 The prisoners in Ouse-Bridge gaol received..10 mets of coals from his Grace the Archbishop.

1891 A. Matthews Poems & Songs 19 A wab o' claith, a pirn wheel A met o' coals, a cheese, a neep.

†b. Chiefly in allusive references to Matthew 7:2 and synoptic parallels. Cf. i-met n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > faculty or instrument of

meta1200

judgementa1250

assayc1394

estimation1398

estimative faculty1398

criterion1647

a1200 (?OE) MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 159 Bi þat ilke met þe ȝe meteð mi ȝiwer weldede shal ben meten ȝiwer mede.

c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) 549 (MED) Alswich met as þu metest me, Alswich i wole mete to þe.

J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) 86 (MED) Methe is mesur and met of al that we do.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 25318 (MED) Wit sli mett als yee bi and sell, Wit þat ilk sal yow be mett.

†c. Quantity, amount. Hence: a portion or share. Cf. i-met n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun]

metc1225

mountancec1330

amountancec1380

mountenancec1385

quantityc1392

quantitya1398

substance1435

mountenessea1450

mountc1475

number1477

feck1488

quantum1602

valour1631

amount1668

amt.1744

volume1882

the mind > possession > sharing > [noun] > a share

lotOE

metc1225

partc1300

portion?1316

share1539

coportion1596

quota1688

ration1850

chop1919

low1934

c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 18 [He] earneð him..met of heouenliche mede.

a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 362 Þe kyngdom of heuene ylich is to a gret net þat is ycast in þe see and gadereþ þer-wiþ gret met Of eche manere ffisch.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 4610 (MED) Do gett þe a god purueur..In ilk land men for to sett To-geder ilk fijft mett O þe time þat es plente.

d. A fixed quantity or agreed measure of capacity, varying in exact size with the locality or the thing to be measured. In later use usually: a unit of capacity for dry goods (esp. coal) approximately equivalent to a hundredweight. Cf. i-met n. Now rare.For more details on regional variations see Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) and Sc. National Dict. (1965) at mett.

ΚΠ

1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 32 A Met: a strike or four pecks.

1724 in Rothes MSS (Kirkcaldy Burgh Mus.) in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) James Yowne 2 met by him...3s 0d.

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 589 Herrings..sell for 1d. per score, or 3s. per mett, nearly a barrel of fresh ungutted herrings.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Met, two bushels.

1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia 140 Met, a customary measure of coals at Lynn, containing five pecks.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 82/2 Met, a measure of two bushels.

1936 St. Andrews Citizen 18 Jan. 4 It has been the custom to sell coal in bags in quantities of 1½cwt. and ¾cwt., which are known as metts and half-metts, respectively.

1960 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 260/2 Many examples remain of the old standards, the most common being the sale of coal in Dundee by the ½ met of 84 lbs. The met was originally 10½ Scotch Troye or Dutch stones or 168 lbs.

†2. An instrument for measuring; esp. (a) a vessel for measuring quantities of liquid or loose solids, such as grain; (b) a stick for measuring length, distance, etc. (in later use Scottish: = met-stick n.). Cf. measure n. 5, i-met n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun]

metc1175

instrumentc1392

gauger1588

jadge1617

mensurator1645

dimensurator1675

measurer1690

c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 22 Þa læȝdon heo þet met up to ðam oðre beamum.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 145 Ðe mones ligt is moneð met, Ðor-after is ðe sunne set.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 12398 (MED) Þe knaue..Heild noght graithli his mett.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 330 (MED) Sho..tuke hur mettis & hur messurs at sho fillid ale with.

1550 in M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester (1905) III. 62 [Various officers] dyd calle before them the same day al maner of mettes and mesures wythin the quarte[r] callyd the sowth quarter.

a1586 R. Maitland in W. A. Craigie Maitland Quarto MS (1920) iv. 64 And to vse meit [Folio met] and mesour leill.

1595–6 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1852) V. 63 To Gilbert Blak..couper, for ane coill, lyme and salte mett.

1601–2 Montrose Burgh Treasurer's Accts. f. 8^v For ane barrell to be ane smyddie koll met, x s.

1659 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1911) II. 45 To rectifie the mettis of the said milne.

a1733 Shetland Acts 16 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1892) 26 199 The trying and adjusting of bismers with the stoups, cans, and other mets and measures.

1899 C. M. Thomson Drummeldale 3 The Sabbath-day shuin, for which a ‘met’, or measuring stick was sent to show the size.

†3. A measure or method of measuring, esp. a standard measure or system of measures; = measure n. 10. Also figurative. Cf. i-met n. Obsolete.Frequently with distinguishing word denoting the class or kind of measure, the substance to which it was applied, or the geographical area in which it originated or was used.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > a system or standard of measuring

meta1325

measure1423

metrology1801

measurement1838

absolute unit1857

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific liquid or dry units

miteOE

meta1325

suma1325

measurec1325

last1341

maund1365

pottlea1382

mug1400

mutchkin?1425

eightin-dele1440

rotec1484

sixtera1492

stortkyn1501

tolbot1536

firlot1549

sleek1705

modius1802

ton tight-

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 439 Met of corn and wigte of fe And merke of felde first fond he.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3333 A met ðor was, it het Gomor.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28437 Again þe lagh in land is sett, Haf i wysed fals weght and mette.

1457 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 50/1 We sulde haif bot a met and mesure generale to serue all the realme.

1493 in A. Laing Lindores Abbey (1876) 178 Paying of thare feu-fem..with the comon mett.

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) viii. Prol. 40 The myllar mythis the multur wyth a met scant.

1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 237 Quhilks for to out with dowbill met and mesure, The vther tway ȝe ludgeit at thair plesure.

1580 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 300 xxxii bollis wattir mett.

1624 A. Huntar (title) Treatise of Weights, Mets and Measures of Scotland; with their quantities, and true foundation.

1624 A. Huntar Treat. Weights & Meas. Scotl. 1 Liquid metts, as the choppin, the pinte, quart and gallon..drie metts, as the peck, the firlet and the bow, for metting of al cornes.

1627 Rep. Parishes Scotl. (1835) 2 Four bollis otis rining mett.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Gemeet Landts, a Meat or Measure of Land.

1692 A. Symson Large Descr. Galloway (1823) 98 This measure should be..seal'd by the magistrats of Wigton and is call'd..met and measure of Wigton.

1722 Tack MSS in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) The Bear with the common mett thereof and the meall at eight stone weight per bok.

†4.

a. The size or dimensions of something, esp. the length of an object or the distance between two objects as determined by measurement. Cf. measure n. 8a, i-met n. 6. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > measurement as determined

meta1325

commensuration1555

measurement1590

a1325 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.1.1) 1264 (MED) Þe met of þat oþir ne wol it notht del.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 14346 Þe lengthe of þis ilde, Teneth, sex myle is it mette.

a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 78 (MED) Sche ȝaf hem þe mett of Cristys grave, þe whech þei receyued ful goodly.

a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. Diii^v She..bad Elynour go bet And fyll in good met [1560 meate].

b. Magnitude, extent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun]

micklenesseOE

muchnessa1398

largenessa1400

magnitude?a1425

meta1425

bignessc1487

greatnessc1500

muchity1534

magnity1790

stourness1866

a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 2222 (MED) I luf him als wele..Als my self at ane mete.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 347 (MED) The endewers of religioses..so richeli endewid her foundid cumpenies aboue the streit or euen meet of the nede had in the dai of fundacioun.

†II. Extended uses.

a. Moderation, temperance, restraint; = measure n. 2a. Cf. i-met n., methe n. 4. Obsolete.Cf. the similar sense 7 with which, however, there is no continuity of use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun]

i-metOE

hovec1175

metc1175

methec1175

measurec1225

measure?c1225

temperancea1340

methefulnessc1350

temperurec1380

mannera1382

mannernessa1382

sobernessc1384

attemperancec1386

measurablenessa1400

amesingc1400

meanheada1425

mediocrity?a1425

moderation?a1425

moderancea1460

temperancy1526

mean1531

modesty1531

temperature1536

measure-keeping1556

moderateness1571

moderature1574

sobriety1582

mediety1583

moderacy1601

temperateness1609

reserve1660

medium1693

soft pedal1899

met1932

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6116 Wiþþ mett. & mæþ i mete. & drinnch. & ec inn ȝure claþess.

c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 20 Ne mei na wunne ne na flesches licunge..bringe me ouer þe midel of mesure and of mete.

a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 99 Reymond was a man..of mych mette [a1525 Trin. Dub. methe] and of grete Purueyaunce.

?c1625 in E. Beveridge & J. D. Westwood Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (1924) No. 1039 Met and measur maks men wise.

b. Due measure. Cf. i-met n., methe n. 1b. Obsolete.Cf. the similar sense 7 with which, however, there is no continuity of use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > sufficient or right amount

meta1400

measure1552

a1400 Psalter (Harl.) lxxix. 6 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 214 Fede us with bred of teres þou sal, And gif us drink in teres in met [a1400 Vesp. meth; L. in mensura] withal.

III. Senses of independent development.

a. Orkney and Shetland. A boundary or limit; a boundary stone or mark. Cf. meith n. 1a, 1b, mete n.¹ 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun]

goalc1350

bounda1387

list1389

finea1400

frontier1413

enda1425

limit1439

buttal1449

headroom1462

band1470

mete?1473

buttinga1475

bounder1505

pale?a1525

butrelle1546

scantlet1547

limesa1552

divisec1575

meta1587

line1595

marginc1595

closure1597

Rubicon1613

bournea1616

boundary1626

boundure1634

verge1660

terminary1670

meta1838

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit

markOE

measurea1375

bound1393

sizec1420

banka1425

limita1425

limitationa1475

stint1509

within one's tether?1523

confine1548

tropic?1594

scantling1597

gauge1600

mound1605

boundalsa1670

meta1838

parameter1967

a1838 Jamieson MSS XII. 143 in Sc. National Dict. Mett.

1899 Shetland News 17 June in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) I min be plain ta tell you 'at I ken da metts as weel as ye.

1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles viii. 65 A mark-stone set up between the plots of ground used by kelpers..was..in North Ronaldsay a met.

b. Shetland. A mark or imprint, esp. a footprint or an animal's hoof- or paw-print.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal

sleuthc1175

footstepa1300

feutea1375

treadc1400

fewea1425

foil1575

trail1590

carriage1600

sign1692

piste1696

spoor1823

worm-track1859

met1914

1914 J. S. Angus Gloss. Shetland Dial. 91 Met,..a mark.

1933 J. Gray Lowrie 25 Dare wis haddocks sooming aboot wi' da mett o' Peter's toom as veeve as if dey'd bune i' da buddie.

1952 New Shetlander No. 31. 6 His idder fit made a graet met i da grund.

1976 R. Bulter Shaela 54 If you saa da grund doon fae wir byre door! Every cliv mett..juist staandin foo.

1976 R. Bulter Shaela 57 Traawird times be left dir mett apu me.

2001 Shetland Life Apr. 21/3 I noticed that each had removed his shoes..before coming into the house... A custom..we might consider adopting, as you ‘follow da guttery metts fae ee end o da hoose tae da tidder’!

7. Shetland. Due measure, moderation. Chiefly in met or measure. Cf. senses 5, Phrases 1a. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun]

i-metOE

hovec1175

metc1175

methec1175

measurec1225

measure?c1225

temperancea1340

methefulnessc1350

temperurec1380

mannera1382

mannernessa1382

sobernessc1384

attemperancec1386

measurablenessa1400

amesingc1400

meanheada1425

mediocrity?a1425

moderation?a1425

moderancea1460

temperancy1526

mean1531

modesty1531

temperature1536

measure-keeping1556

moderateness1571

moderature1574

sobriety1582

mediety1583

moderacy1601

temperateness1609

reserve1660

medium1693

soft pedal1899

met1932

1932 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland II Met, limit; proper mode or measure; moderation; mostly in collocation with measure..; esp. negatively..‘dey had nedder met or measure for it’, there was neither rhyme nor reason in their spending.

Phrases

†P1.

a. with met: to a limited extent. without met: without bounds, limitlessly; immensely. Cf. i-met n. Obsolete.Cf. the similar sense 6a with which, however, there is no continuity of use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adverb]

without metc1175

unendlyc1230

endless138.

infinitely1413

interminably1447

incomprehensibly1531

in infinitum1564

ad infinitum1596

unboundably1607

unlimitedly1609

illimitedlya1631

unconfinedly1655

boundlessly1674

unbeginningly1674

illimitably1755

infinitesimally1801

limitlessly1834

measurelessly1839

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adverb]

with metc1175

restrainedly?1569

limitedlya1631

restrictedly1652

confinedly1685

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17986 Godd ne ȝifeþþ nohht wiþþ mett Hiss gastess hallȝhe frofre.

a1250 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Titus) (1938) 11 (MED) Helle is wid wiðute met & deop wiðute grunde.

a1250 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Titus) (1938) 34 Ha luuieð god wið ute met [L. incomparabiliter].

b. by (or with) large met: in abundance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > in abundance [phrase]

in wonea1300

by (or with) large metc1300

in plentya1382

in (the most, etc.) substantious manner1533

at fouth1535

in (great, good) store1600

thick on the ground1893

in spades1929

a-go-go1961

c1300 St. Nicholas (Harl.) 148 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 555 (MED) Hi hadde bi large met wel þe more [corn] ibroȝt.

c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 118 A rayne schalle ouergo wyth large mett Alle that ys in erth I-sett.

c. by (also of) met: in length. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 27 (MED) Þere is in þe cop of an hille a burielles; euerich man þat comeþ and meteþ þat buriel, he schal fynde it euene riȝt of his owne mette.

c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 9483 Two hundred fet was it be-met [read be met].

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 199 (MED) A xl foote of mette Vche elm away from other most be born.

d. by (also with) met: as determined by measuring. Cf. i-met n. Obsolete.In quot. c1390 contextually: by fraudulent measuring.

ΚΠ

c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 799 To take thy neighebores catel agayn his wyl..be it by met or by mesure.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8814 (MED) Þai..fand it merc inogh wit mett [a1400 Trin. Cambr. bi met].

1559–60 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) I. 323 The sowthe syd of the tolbuith, quhilk contenis be just met v rudis thre elnis.

1575 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 137 The talis, yairdis and fredomes perteining..be equall met of lyne.

P2. at one's mouth's met: in accordance with a person's express desire. Cf. methe n. 2. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 11 Þar man can his muðes meðe ne cunnen nele ne his wombe met.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 55 (MED) We auen..don us in to helle wite for ure muðes mete on þre wise: on etinge to michel on estmetes..and on ouerete..and on untimliche ete.

a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 758 I make þe lord of mekyl pryde..at þyn owyn mowthis mette.

a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 1243 Mekyl myrþe I moue in mynde, Wyth melody at my mowþis met.

P3. Shetland. to take the met of a person's foot: to reveal the extent or limits of a person's powers or abilities. Cf. met-stick n.

ΚΠ

1951 E. S. R. Tait Shetland Folk Bk. II. 65 Ah'll tak da met a dy fit, I'll show you all that you can do.

1993 B. Deyell Shetland Prov. & Sayings 18 He's taen da mett o me fit, he's taken advantage of me, as in a deal.

Compounds

† metloom n. Scottish Obsolete a vessel for measuring quantities of loose solids and liquids.

ΚΠ

1525 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 78 Quhair otheres metlumes ar fundin by the custumeris.

1625 Brechin Test. IV. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue f. 198 Ane vllie barrall & metlwmis tharof.

metpoke n. English regional (Yorkshire) (now rare) a bag serving as a measure, usually holding two bushels.

ΚΠ

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 105 When wee sende wheate [etc.]..to markett..wee putte it into mette-poakes.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. Metpoke: A two-bushel sack.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

Metn.²

Brit.

/mɛt/, U.S.

/mɛt/

Forms: 1800s– Met, 1900s– Met. (with point).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: metropolitan adj.

Etymology: Shortened < metropolitan adj.

colloquial.

1. Baseball. In plural, usually with the. Originally: the New York Metropolitans baseball team which played in the American Association between 1880 and 1887. Later: the New York Mets baseball team, which has played in the National League since 1962. Occasionally (in singular): a member of either of these teams.

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1881 N.-Y. Times 31 Aug. 2/2 The Albany nine..succeeded in defeating the ‘Mets’ yesterday afternoon on the polo grounds.

1883 N.Y. Times 2 Apr. 2/6 The latter has been in training for this game, and will endeavor to give the ‘Mets’ a good game.

1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 305/2 Met. 1. A member of the Metropolitan (or New York) Base-Ball Club.

1960 N.Y. Times 2Dec. 36/4 Sooner or later a label also will have to be produced for the National League team in our village. No effort has yet been made by Charlie Hurth, the general manager, to supply one for a team that already is being referred to as the New York Metropolitans or Mets.

1964 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 69 415/2 The Mets drew more fans than a number of teams in both leagues who had higher team standings.

1974 D. Ramsay No Cause to Kill ii. 147 The television set blared baseball. The New York Mets were playing the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1988 New Yorker 26 Sept. 32/2 This year I arrived in the country bearing a Mets scorecard..and a Mets tote bag for one fellow-fanático, a local farmer named Leoncio.

1991 Baseball Digest Dec. 37/2 A few years back when they were both Mets, the relief Myers was blowing people away with his awesome fastball.

1999 R. M. Adams Finite & Infinite Goods i. 17 Consider a Mets fan who says ‘Good!’ when she hears that the Mets have beaten the Dodgers.

a. In plural. Stocks or shares in the London Metropolitan Railway (see metropolitan adj. 2c). Now historical and rare.

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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > share > shares in specific country or industry

railway share1822

railroad shares1828

railway stock1836

railroads1848

Canada1868

coalers1878

Mets1886

industrial1887

golds1888

Kaffir1889

electrics1892

rails1893

Westralians1894

kangaroo1896

coppers1899

the junglea1901

electricals1901

Rhodesians1901

diamonds1905

Siberians1906

steels1912

utility1930

properties1964

engineer1976

mining1983

1886 H. Baumann Londinismen 107/2 Mets, Aktien der unterirdischen (Metropolitan) Eisenbahn.

1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 305/2 Met. 2. in pl. (Stock Exchange), Metropolitan Railway Shares.

1908 Daily Report 7 Feb. 1/4 Both ‘Mets.’ and ‘Districts’ have moved in contrast with the Railway market generally.

b. Usually with the. Originally: the Metropolitan Railway. Later: the Metropolitan line of the London underground system. See metropolitan adj. 2c, and cf. metro n.²

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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > with specific situation or route > underground

sub-railway1835

underground railway1845

subway1864

underground1866

tube1900

tube railway1900

metro1904

Met1909

the Tube1924

U-bahn1938

clockwork orange1978

1889 J. H. Murray Dict. Appendix 119/1 Met. R., Metropolitan Railway.]

1909 H. St. George Neath Shade of Ruislip, ‘Poplars’ 5 At the Poplars w[h]ere sweet Bluebell serves the tea... Its [sic] a very short distance by rail on the ‘Met’, and at the gate you'll find waiting, sweet Violet.

1926 R. Macaulay Crewe Train iii. v. 295 They must have a car, though; relying entirely on the Met. is too awkward, with so many strikes and so few late trains.

1937 ‘C. McCabe’ Face on Cutting-room Floor iii. 18 Then I was suddenly in the crowd of clerks and typists rushing towards King's Cross Met station.

1973 Radio Times 26 Feb. 7 It is no longer cheap to travel to and from London on the Met.

1992 A. A. Jackson Railway Dict. (at cited word) Met, The, abbreviation semi-officially adopted by the Metropolitan Rly..about 1914... Since 1933, the popular abbreviation for the Metropolitan Line of London Transport.

3. With the.

†a. The Metropolitan Music Hall, Edgware Road, London (1836–1962). Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > assembly rooms or halls

redoubt1702

assembly-room1744

drum-room1749

assembly house1762

pantheon1772

casino1789

pleasure dome1816

palace1831

melodeon1840

kursaal1850

winter garden1859

music hallc1883

Met1896

1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 305/2 Met. 3. The Met (London), the Metropolitan music-hall.

b. In New York: the Metropolitan Opera House (opened in 1883); (also) the Metropolitan Museum of Art (opened in 1880).

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > display of pictures > [noun] > gallery > specific

Tribunac1660

tribune1670

tribunal1797

Met1946

MOMA1964

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > place of performance or practice > [noun] > opera house > specific

Staatsoper1928

Met1946

1946 L. Baker Out on Limb viii. 85 She walked like a queen,..sang like head bird at the Met, and had a brilliant career.

1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 Oct. 2/4 There is very little Wagner at the Met this year.

1972 P. Marks Collector's Choice i. 15 The crowds came to ogle the Van Goghs and the multi-million-dollar Rembrandts—the Met had thirty-seven.

1973 ‘S. Harvester’ Corner of Playground iii. iv. 202 An operatic mezzo-soprano, who had sung at the Met, La Scala, Covent Garden.

1998 N.Y. Times 6 Feb. b33/3 Does the Guggenheim's greatest-hits approach really teach us anything we could not learn from the Met about ancient Chinese art?

4. In plural and (now frequently) in singular, with the. The Metropolitan Police Service (earlier, Metropolitan Police Force), London (founded in 1829).

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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police forces in specific countries or regions

holy brotherhooda1739

hermandad1772

religious police1775

state police1779

gendarmerie1792

police1798

Scotland Yard1830

guardia civil1846

RCMP1920

RUC1922

Arab Legion1923

Garda Síochána1923

Schupo1923

Mets1944

Vopo1954

maréchaussée1955

U.S.C.1963

Garda1970

1944 ‘D. Hume’ Toast to Corpse ix. 91 You haven't had thirty years in the Mets for nothing, and you've been about a bit.

1968 ‘M. Underwood’ Man who killed too Soon xiv. 120 Inspector Drew's colleagues in other forces, especially those in the Met.

1974 S. Gulliver Vulcan Bull. 112 Something or other might be found to interest the Mets or the Home Office... Your trading days would be over.

1989 F. Forsyth Negotiator v. 130 Home Secretary, I must insist that the Met has primacy in all areas... I want to use two men from Criminal Intelligence Branch as negotiators.

1999 Independent 15 Feb. i. 3/3 After four years as Chief Constable of the Kent force,..he returned to the Met as Commissioner.

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Metn.⁴

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: methionine n.

Etymology: Shortened < methionine n., as a graphic abbreviation.

Biochemistry.

The amino acid methionine.

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1945 E. Brand et al. in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 67 1531/2 The empirical formula in terms of amino acid residues is (using the first 3 letters of each as the symbol for the amino acid residues): Gly₈Ala₂₉Val₂₁Leu₅₀Ileu₂₇Pro₁₅Phe₉CySH₄(CyS-)₈Met₉Try₄Arg₇His₄Lys₃₃Asp₃₆Glu₂₄(Glu-NH₂)₃₂Ser₂₀Thr₂₁Tyr₉(H₂O)₄.

1965 A. R. Peacocke & R. B. Drysdale Molecular Basis Heredity xii. 144 Certain discrepancies remain, notably for the changes asp*→ser, arg→gly, thr→met.

1990 Jrnl. Neuroendocrinol. 2 876 The amino acid sequence was shown to be H–Ser–Glu–Glu–Pro–Pro–Met.

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† metadj.¹

Forms: see mete v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English met , mete v.¹

Etymology: < met, past participle of mete v.¹ Compare earlier meten adj.

Obsolete.

Measured.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > measured

admeasured1340

metc1480

dimensurated1675

gauged1678

dimensioned1726

paced1953

c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 1406 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 344 Twa hundre myle of met way.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 115 (MED) This botell..It holdys a mett potell.

1532 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. 94 For glasing of xv windowes..being v^xx xii fute of mett glas at xl d. fute.

1651 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1889) II. 306 For two lead of mett collis.

1741 Caledonian Mercury 16 Mar. in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) They [sc. herrings] fell in Fife from 40 to 50 Pence per met Thousand.

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† metadj.²

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English met , meet v.

Etymology: < met, past participle of meet v.

poetic. Obsolete. rare.

Shared, common, mutual.

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the mind > possession > sharing > [adjective] > shared

i-menec1000

meanOE

ymonec1275

commonc1300

communicant?a1425

joint1424

communicate1561

shared1598

meta1631

intercommoneda1774

participate1850

a1631 J. Donne Elegies xvi, in Poems (1635) 99 She smil'd and I, And (in my conscience) both gave him the lie In one met thought.

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Metadj.³n.³

Brit.

/mɛt/, U.S.

/mɛt/

Forms: 1900s– Met, 1900s– Met. (with point). Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: meteorological adj.

Etymology: Shortened < meteorological adj.

colloquial (originally R.A.F. slang).

A. adj.³

Of, relating to, or designating a Meteorological Office. Hence, more generally: meteorological. met man n. (originally, in the R.A.F.) a meteorological officer; (later, in general use) a person representing a Meteorological Office, esp. one who presents a broadcast weather forecast, a weatherman.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [adjective]

meteorological1570

meteorologic1662

Met1940

1940 War Illustr. 26 Jan. 19/2 One of the ‘Met. men’ studying the big thermometer attached to one of the inter-plane struts of his ‘Gladiator’.

1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path i. 113 What's the met. report like?

1943 L. Cheshire Bomber Pilot iii. 45 The latest ‘met’ forecast came in... Navigation should be easy.

1943 R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 32 The Met. Officer has sent his obs. through each hour.

1958 New Scientist 15 May 9/2 The met. observations become meaningful only when compared with the observations made by the other parties all over the continent.

1964 Punch 7 Oct. 527/1 Metmen ask each other.

1970 New Scientist 24 Dec. 569/1 It is almost inevitable..that the Met Office will come in for derision over their latest idea.

1973 W. M. Duncan Big Timer i. 14 The met men promise a hard winter.

1985 D. Dunn Elegies 10 Smiled at by the newscaster now, later the Met Man will turn to face me,..his snow sign placed above the Humber.

1994 Church Times 21 Oct. 18 Fortunately the Met. Office had forecast several degrees of frost, so we were able to gather a respectable last picking of the beans.

B. n.³

Originally, in the R.A.F.: a meteorological officer. Later, in general use: a Meteorological Office.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > one who studies or is skilled in meteorology

meteorologer1555

meteorologician1580

meteorologian1583

meteorologist1638

weatherling1656

aerologist1847

aerographer1849

skygazer1860

weather-lorist1905

Met1943

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > office

Met1943

weather centre1961

1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 45 Met. or Mets., the Meteorological Officer. [R.A.F.]

1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose 290 A high had come along that the Met had not been able to forecast.

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n.¹lOE

n.²1881

n.⁴1945

adj.¹c1480

adj.²a1631

adj.³n.³1940

单词	met
释义	metn.¹ Brit. /mɛt/, U.S. /mɛt/, Scottish English /mɛt/ Forms: late Old English– met (now English regional), Middle English med (transmission error), Middle English meet, Middle English meete, Middle English–1500s mete, Middle English–1600s mette, Middle English–1600s (1800s– English regional) mett, 1500s meate, 1600s meat; Scottish pre-1700 meat, pre-1700 meit, pre-1700 mette, pre-1700 mit (in compounds), pre-1700 1700s mete, pre-1700 1700s– met, pre-1700 1700s– mett. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Probably partly a borrowing from another Germanic language. Etymon: i-met n. Etymology: Probably partly aphetic < i-met n., and partly a borrowing of a parallel unprefixed cognate in another Germanic language: compare Middle Dutch met measure (of land), Old High German mez measure (especially of liquid or grain), measurement, limit, way (Middle High German mez ), Old Icelandic met (plural) the weights of scales, (figurative) esteem (Icelandic met scales, valuation, estimation, esteem; compare also the original plural form in Old Icelandic (poetic) mjǫt , plural ‘due measure’), Faroese met valuation, estimation < the Germanic base of mete v.¹ In branch III. probably < the unattested Norn reflex of the early Scandinavian word represented by Old Icelandic met (see above). Compare mit n.Perhaps also influenced semantically by the reflexes of other ablaut variants of the same Germanic base: compare (with o -grade) Old Icelandic mat valuation, estimation; and (with lengthened grade) Middle Dutch māt measure (of land) (Dutch maat ), Middle Low German māt measure, Middle High German māz measure, degree, way (German Maß measure, degree, way, limit, moderation), Icelandic mát (17th cent.) moderation, measurement, (obsolete) mark, stamp, Faroese mát measurement, Norwegian (Nynorsk) måt moderation, degree, way, limit, mark, Old Swedish mat measure, degree, mark (Swedish mått ), Gothic -met (in the compound usmet behaviour, way of life); the Scandinavian forms are probably ultimately borrowings < Middle Low German. Compare also the first element of certain Shetland place names, as Maedadalls Woe (1667), lit. ‘boundary-valley's stream’, Mathul , lit. ‘boundary-hillock’, Matriv , lit. ‘boundary-cleft’. Several forms, especially in Older Scots (e.g. mete , meit , meat ), show lengthening of the stem vowel, and subsequent raising as a result of the operation of the great vowel shift. Formerly also used in senses 1a, 1d without change in the plural when following a cardinal number (compare quots. 1465-6, 1724). The unchanged plural is a common feature of words denoting units of measurement (compare foot n. 6a, pound n.¹). Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). I. Senses relating to physical amount and measurement. 1. †a. A quantity of a commodity measured out, esp. according to a particular unit of measurement. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > a measure mealeOE metlOE metea1871 lOE Possessions, Rents, & Grants, Bury St. Edmunds in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 198 Ðis is Sancte Eadmundes ferme on Byrtune, IIII met maltes under masc & grut, halmet hwæte. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14034 Twa fald oþerr þre fald mett Þa fetless alle tokenn. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 625 Þre mettez of mele menge & ma kakez. 1465–6 Charter Edinb. Reg. House No. 391 Payand ȝhereli..ane barale off butter and foure met of malt. 1522 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 145 To every of them oon mette of corne, scilicet, half of whete, and the other halfe malte. 1586 in Stanley Papers (1853) II. 12 One mette & a halfe of Barly malte. 1605–6 Montrose Burgh Treasurer's Accts. f. 3 Giffin for ane mett of collis. 1765 London Chron. 3 Jan. 16 The prisoners in Ouse-Bridge gaol received..10 mets of coals from his Grace the Archbishop. 1891 A. Matthews Poems & Songs 19 A wab o' claith, a pirn wheel A met o' coals, a cheese, a neep. †b. Chiefly in allusive references to Matthew 7:2 and synoptic parallels. Cf. i-met n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > faculty or instrument of meta1200 judgementa1250 assayc1394 estimation1398 estimative faculty1398 criterion1647 a1200 (?OE) MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 159 Bi þat ilke met þe ȝe meteð mi ȝiwer weldede shal ben meten ȝiwer mede. c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) 549 (MED) Alswich met as þu metest me, Alswich i wole mete to þe. J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) 86 (MED) Methe is mesur and met of al that we do. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 25318 (MED) Wit sli mett als yee bi and sell, Wit þat ilk sal yow be mett. †c. Quantity, amount. Hence: a portion or share. Cf. i-met n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] metc1225 mountancec1330 amountancec1380 mountenancec1385 quantityc1392 quantitya1398 substance1435 mountenessea1450 mountc1475 number1477 feck1488 quantum1602 valour1631 amount1668 amt.1744 volume1882 the mind > possession > sharing > [noun] > a share lotOE metc1225 partc1300 portion?1316 share1539 coportion1596 quota1688 ration1850 chop1919 low1934 c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 18 [He] earneð him..met of heouenliche mede. a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 362 Þe kyngdom of heuene ylich is to a gret net þat is ycast in þe see and gadereþ þer-wiþ gret met Of eche manere ffisch. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 4610 (MED) Do gett þe a god purueur..In ilk land men for to sett To-geder ilk fijft mett O þe time þat es plente. d. A fixed quantity or agreed measure of capacity, varying in exact size with the locality or the thing to be measured. In later use usually: a unit of capacity for dry goods (esp. coal) approximately equivalent to a hundredweight. Cf. i-met n. Now rare.For more details on regional variations see Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) and Sc. National Dict. (1965) at mett. ΚΠ 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 32 A Met: a strike or four pecks. 1724 in Rothes MSS (Kirkcaldy Burgh Mus.) in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) James Yowne 2 met by him...3s 0d. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 589 Herrings..sell for 1d. per score, or 3s. per mett, nearly a barrel of fresh ungutted herrings. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Met, two bushels. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia 140 Met, a customary measure of coals at Lynn, containing five pecks. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 82/2 Met, a measure of two bushels. 1936 St. Andrews Citizen 18 Jan. 4 It has been the custom to sell coal in bags in quantities of 1½cwt. and ¾cwt., which are known as metts and half-metts, respectively. 1960 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 260/2 Many examples remain of the old standards, the most common being the sale of coal in Dundee by the ½ met of 84 lbs. The met was originally 10½ Scotch Troye or Dutch stones or 168 lbs. †2. An instrument for measuring; esp. (a) a vessel for measuring quantities of liquid or loose solids, such as grain; (b) a stick for measuring length, distance, etc. (in later use Scottish: = met-stick n.). Cf. measure n. 5, i-met n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] metc1175 instrumentc1392 gauger1588 jadge1617 mensurator1645 dimensurator1675 measurer1690 c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 22 Þa læȝdon heo þet met up to ðam oðre beamum. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 145 Ðe mones ligt is moneð met, Ðor-after is ðe sunne set. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 12398 (MED) Þe knaue..Heild noght graithli his mett. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 330 (MED) Sho..tuke hur mettis & hur messurs at sho fillid ale with. 1550 in M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester (1905) III. 62 [Various officers] dyd calle before them the same day al maner of mettes and mesures wythin the quarte[r] callyd the sowth quarter. a1586 R. Maitland in W. A. Craigie Maitland Quarto MS (1920) iv. 64 And to vse meit [Folio met] and mesour leill. 1595–6 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1852) V. 63 To Gilbert Blak..couper, for ane coill, lyme and salte mett. 1601–2 Montrose Burgh Treasurer's Accts. f. 8^v For ane barrell to be ane smyddie koll met, x s. 1659 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1911) II. 45 To rectifie the mettis of the said milne. a1733 Shetland Acts 16 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1892) 26 199 The trying and adjusting of bismers with the stoups, cans, and other mets and measures. 1899 C. M. Thomson Drummeldale 3 The Sabbath-day shuin, for which a ‘met’, or measuring stick was sent to show the size. †3. A measure or method of measuring, esp. a standard measure or system of measures; = measure n. 10. Also figurative. Cf. i-met n. Obsolete.Frequently with distinguishing word denoting the class or kind of measure, the substance to which it was applied, or the geographical area in which it originated or was used. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > a system or standard of measuring meta1325 measure1423 metrology1801 measurement1838 absolute unit1857 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific liquid or dry units miteOE meta1325 suma1325 measurec1325 last1341 maund1365 pottlea1382 mug1400 mutchkin?1425 eightin-dele1440 rotec1484 sixtera1492 stortkyn1501 tolbot1536 firlot1549 sleek1705 modius1802 ton tight- a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 439 Met of corn and wigte of fe And merke of felde first fond he. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3333 A met ðor was, it het Gomor. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28437 Again þe lagh in land is sett, Haf i wysed fals weght and mette. 1457 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 50/1 We sulde haif bot a met and mesure generale to serue all the realme. 1493 in A. Laing Lindores Abbey (1876) 178 Paying of thare feu-fem..with the comon mett. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) viii. Prol. 40 The myllar mythis the multur wyth a met scant. 1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 237 Quhilks for to out with dowbill met and mesure, The vther tway ȝe ludgeit at thair plesure. 1580 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 300 xxxii bollis wattir mett. 1624 A. Huntar (title) Treatise of Weights, Mets and Measures of Scotland; with their quantities, and true foundation. 1624 A. Huntar Treat. Weights & Meas. Scotl. 1 Liquid metts, as the choppin, the pinte, quart and gallon..drie metts, as the peck, the firlet and the bow, for metting of al cornes. 1627 Rep. Parishes Scotl. (1835) 2 Four bollis otis rining mett. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Gemeet Landts, a Meat or Measure of Land. 1692 A. Symson Large Descr. Galloway (1823) 98 This measure should be..seal'd by the magistrats of Wigton and is call'd..met and measure of Wigton. 1722 Tack MSS in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) The Bear with the common mett thereof and the meall at eight stone weight per bok. †4. a. The size or dimensions of something, esp. the length of an object or the distance between two objects as determined by measurement. Cf. measure n. 8a, i-met n. 6. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > measurement as determined meta1325 commensuration1555 measurement1590 a1325 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.1.1) 1264 (MED) Þe met of þat oþir ne wol it notht del. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 14346 Þe lengthe of þis ilde, Teneth, sex myle is it mette. a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 78 (MED) Sche ȝaf hem þe mett of Cristys grave, þe whech þei receyued ful goodly. a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. Diii^v She..bad Elynour go bet And fyll in good met [1560 meate]. b. Magnitude, extent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] micklenesseOE muchnessa1398 largenessa1400 magnitude?a1425 meta1425 bignessc1487 greatnessc1500 muchity1534 magnity1790 stourness1866 a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 2222 (MED) I luf him als wele..Als my self at ane mete. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 347 (MED) The endewers of religioses..so richeli endewid her foundid cumpenies aboue the streit or euen meet of the nede had in the dai of fundacioun. †II. Extended uses. 5. a. Moderation, temperance, restraint; = measure n. 2a. Cf. i-met n., methe n. 4. Obsolete.Cf. the similar sense 7 with which, however, there is no continuity of use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun] i-metOE hovec1175 metc1175 methec1175 measurec1225 measure?c1225 temperancea1340 methefulnessc1350 temperurec1380 mannera1382 mannernessa1382 sobernessc1384 attemperancec1386 measurablenessa1400 amesingc1400 meanheada1425 mediocrity?a1425 moderation?a1425 moderancea1460 temperancy1526 mean1531 modesty1531 temperature1536 measure-keeping1556 moderateness1571 moderature1574 sobriety1582 mediety1583 moderacy1601 temperateness1609 reserve1660 medium1693 soft pedal1899 met1932 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6116 Wiþþ mett. & mæþ i mete. & drinnch. & ec inn ȝure claþess. c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 20 Ne mei na wunne ne na flesches licunge..bringe me ouer þe midel of mesure and of mete. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 99 Reymond was a man..of mych mette [a1525 Trin. Dub. methe] and of grete Purueyaunce. ?c1625 in E. Beveridge & J. D. Westwood Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (1924) No. 1039 Met and measur maks men wise. b. Due measure. Cf. i-met n., methe n. 1b. Obsolete.Cf. the similar sense 7 with which, however, there is no continuity of use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > sufficient or right amount meta1400 measure1552 a1400 Psalter (Harl.) lxxix. 6 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 214 Fede us with bred of teres þou sal, And gif us drink in teres in met [a1400 Vesp. meth; L. in mensura] withal. III. Senses of independent development. 6. a. Orkney and Shetland. A boundary or limit; a boundary stone or mark. Cf. meith n. 1a, 1b, mete n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] goalc1350 bounda1387 list1389 finea1400 frontier1413 enda1425 limit1439 buttal1449 headroom1462 band1470 mete?1473 buttinga1475 bounder1505 pale?a1525 butrelle1546 scantlet1547 limesa1552 divisec1575 meta1587 line1595 marginc1595 closure1597 Rubicon1613 bournea1616 boundary1626 boundure1634 verge1660 terminary1670 meta1838 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit markOE measurea1375 bound1393 sizec1420 banka1425 limita1425 limitationa1475 stint1509 within one's tether?1523 confine1548 tropic?1594 scantling1597 gauge1600 mound1605 boundalsa1670 meta1838 parameter1967 a1838 Jamieson MSS XII. 143 in Sc. National Dict. Mett. 1899 Shetland News 17 June in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) I min be plain ta tell you 'at I ken da metts as weel as ye. 1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles viii. 65 A mark-stone set up between the plots of ground used by kelpers..was..in North Ronaldsay a met. b. Shetland. A mark or imprint, esp. a footprint or an animal's hoof- or paw-print. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal sleuthc1175 footstepa1300 feutea1375 treadc1400 fewea1425 foil1575 trail1590 carriage1600 sign1692 piste1696 spoor1823 worm-track1859 met1914 1914 J. S. Angus Gloss. Shetland Dial. 91 Met,..a mark. 1933 J. Gray Lowrie 25 Dare wis haddocks sooming aboot wi' da mett o' Peter's toom as veeve as if dey'd bune i' da buddie. 1952 New Shetlander No. 31. 6 His idder fit made a graet met i da grund. 1976 R. Bulter Shaela 54 If you saa da grund doon fae wir byre door! Every cliv mett..juist staandin foo. 1976 R. Bulter Shaela 57 Traawird times be left dir mett apu me. 2001 Shetland Life Apr. 21/3 I noticed that each had removed his shoes..before coming into the house... A custom..we might consider adopting, as you ‘follow da guttery metts fae ee end o da hoose tae da tidder’! 7. Shetland. Due measure, moderation. Chiefly in met or measure. Cf. senses 5, Phrases 1a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun] i-metOE hovec1175 metc1175 methec1175 measurec1225 measure?c1225 temperancea1340 methefulnessc1350 temperurec1380 mannera1382 mannernessa1382 sobernessc1384 attemperancec1386 measurablenessa1400 amesingc1400 meanheada1425 mediocrity?a1425 moderation?a1425 moderancea1460 temperancy1526 mean1531 modesty1531 temperature1536 measure-keeping1556 moderateness1571 moderature1574 sobriety1582 mediety1583 moderacy1601 temperateness1609 reserve1660 medium1693 soft pedal1899 met1932 1932 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland II Met, limit; proper mode or measure; moderation; mostly in collocation with measure..; esp. negatively..‘dey had nedder met or measure for it’, there was neither rhyme nor reason in their spending. Phrases †P1. a. with met: to a limited extent. without met: without bounds, limitlessly; immensely. Cf. i-met n. Obsolete.Cf. the similar sense 6a with which, however, there is no continuity of use. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adverb] without metc1175 unendlyc1230 endless138. infinitely1413 interminably1447 incomprehensibly1531 in infinitum1564 ad infinitum1596 unboundably1607 unlimitedly1609 illimitedlya1631 unconfinedly1655 boundlessly1674 unbeginningly1674 illimitably1755 infinitesimally1801 limitlessly1834 measurelessly1839 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adverb] with metc1175 restrainedly?1569 limitedlya1631 restrictedly1652 confinedly1685 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17986 Godd ne ȝifeþþ nohht wiþþ mett Hiss gastess hallȝhe frofre. a1250 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Titus) (1938) 11 (MED) Helle is wid wiðute met & deop wiðute grunde. a1250 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Titus) (1938) 34 Ha luuieð god wið ute met [L. incomparabiliter]. b. by (or with) large met: in abundance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > in abundance [phrase] in wonea1300 by (or with) large metc1300 in plentya1382 in (the most, etc.) substantious manner1533 at fouth1535 in (great, good) store1600 thick on the ground1893 in spades1929 a-go-go1961 c1300 St. Nicholas (Harl.) 148 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 555 (MED) Hi hadde bi large met wel þe more [corn] ibroȝt. c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 118 A rayne schalle ouergo wyth large mett Alle that ys in erth I-sett. c. by (also of) met: in length. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 27 (MED) Þere is in þe cop of an hille a burielles; euerich man þat comeþ and meteþ þat buriel, he schal fynde it euene riȝt of his owne mette. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 9483 Two hundred fet was it be-met [read be met]. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 199 (MED) A xl foote of mette Vche elm away from other most be born. d. by (also with) met: as determined by measuring. Cf. i-met n. Obsolete.In quot. c1390 contextually: by fraudulent measuring. ΚΠ c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 799 To take thy neighebores catel agayn his wyl..be it by met or by mesure. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8814 (MED) Þai..fand it merc inogh wit mett [a1400 Trin. Cambr. bi met]. 1559–60 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) I. 323 The sowthe syd of the tolbuith, quhilk contenis be just met v rudis thre elnis. 1575 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 137 The talis, yairdis and fredomes perteining..be equall met of lyne. P2. at one's mouth's met: in accordance with a person's express desire. Cf. methe n. 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 11 Þar man can his muðes meðe ne cunnen nele ne his wombe met. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 55 (MED) We auen..don us in to helle wite for ure muðes mete on þre wise: on etinge to michel on estmetes..and on ouerete..and on untimliche ete. a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 758 I make þe lord of mekyl pryde..at þyn owyn mowthis mette. a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 1243 Mekyl myrþe I moue in mynde, Wyth melody at my mowþis met. P3. Shetland. to take the met of a person's foot: to reveal the extent or limits of a person's powers or abilities. Cf. met-stick n. ΚΠ 1951 E. S. R. Tait Shetland Folk Bk. II. 65 Ah'll tak da met a dy fit, I'll show you all that you can do. 1993 B. Deyell Shetland Prov. & Sayings 18 He's taen da mett o me fit, he's taken advantage of me, as in a deal. Compounds † metloom n. Scottish Obsolete a vessel for measuring quantities of loose solids and liquids. ΚΠ 1525 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 78 Quhair otheres metlumes ar fundin by the custumeris. 1625 Brechin Test. IV. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue f. 198 Ane vllie barrall & metlwmis tharof. metpoke n. English regional (Yorkshire) (now rare) a bag serving as a measure, usually holding two bushels. ΚΠ a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 105 When wee sende wheate [etc.]..to markett..wee putte it into mette-poakes. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. Metpoke: A two-bushel sack. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). Metn.² Brit. /mɛt/, U.S. /mɛt/ Forms: 1800s– Met, 1900s– Met. (with point). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: metropolitan adj. Etymology: Shortened < metropolitan adj. colloquial. 1. Baseball. In plural, usually with the. Originally: the New York Metropolitans baseball team which played in the American Association between 1880 and 1887. Later: the New York Mets baseball team, which has played in the National League since 1962. Occasionally (in singular): a member of either of these teams. ΚΠ 1881 N.-Y. Times 31 Aug. 2/2 The Albany nine..succeeded in defeating the ‘Mets’ yesterday afternoon on the polo grounds. 1883 N.Y. Times 2 Apr. 2/6 The latter has been in training for this game, and will endeavor to give the ‘Mets’ a good game. 1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 305/2 Met. 1. A member of the Metropolitan (or New York) Base-Ball Club. 1960 N.Y. Times 2Dec. 36/4 Sooner or later a label also will have to be produced for the National League team in our village. No effort has yet been made by Charlie Hurth, the general manager, to supply one for a team that already is being referred to as the New York Metropolitans or Mets. 1964 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 69 415/2 The Mets drew more fans than a number of teams in both leagues who had higher team standings. 1974 D. Ramsay No Cause to Kill ii. 147 The television set blared baseball. The New York Mets were playing the Los Angeles Dodgers. 1988 New Yorker 26 Sept. 32/2 This year I arrived in the country bearing a Mets scorecard..and a Mets tote bag for one fellow-fanático, a local farmer named Leoncio. 1991 Baseball Digest Dec. 37/2 A few years back when they were both Mets, the relief Myers was blowing people away with his awesome fastball. 1999 R. M. Adams Finite & Infinite Goods i. 17 Consider a Mets fan who says ‘Good!’ when she hears that the Mets have beaten the Dodgers. 2. a. In plural. Stocks or shares in the London Metropolitan Railway (see metropolitan adj. 2c). Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > share > shares in specific country or industry railway share1822 railroad shares1828 railway stock1836 railroads1848 Canada1868 coalers1878 Mets1886 industrial1887 golds1888 Kaffir1889 electrics1892 rails1893 Westralians1894 kangaroo1896 coppers1899 the junglea1901 electricals1901 Rhodesians1901 diamonds1905 Siberians1906 steels1912 utility1930 properties1964 engineer1976 mining1983 1886 H. Baumann Londinismen 107/2 Mets, Aktien der unterirdischen (Metropolitan) Eisenbahn. 1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 305/2 Met. 2. in pl. (Stock Exchange), Metropolitan Railway Shares. 1908 Daily Report 7 Feb. 1/4 Both ‘Mets.’ and ‘Districts’ have moved in contrast with the Railway market generally. b. Usually with the. Originally: the Metropolitan Railway. Later: the Metropolitan line of the London underground system. See metropolitan adj. 2c, and cf. metro n.² ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > with specific situation or route > underground sub-railway1835 underground railway1845 subway1864 underground1866 tube1900 tube railway1900 metro1904 Met1909 the Tube1924 U-bahn1938 clockwork orange1978 1889 J. H. Murray Dict. Appendix 119/1 Met. R., Metropolitan Railway.] 1909 H. St. George Neath Shade of Ruislip, ‘Poplars’ 5 At the Poplars w[h]ere sweet Bluebell serves the tea... Its [sic] a very short distance by rail on the ‘Met’, and at the gate you'll find waiting, sweet Violet. 1926 R. Macaulay Crewe Train iii. v. 295 They must have a car, though; relying entirely on the Met. is too awkward, with so many strikes and so few late trains. 1937 ‘C. McCabe’ Face on Cutting-room Floor iii. 18 Then I was suddenly in the crowd of clerks and typists rushing towards King's Cross Met station. 1973 Radio Times 26 Feb. 7 It is no longer cheap to travel to and from London on the Met. 1992 A. A. Jackson Railway Dict. (at cited word) Met, The, abbreviation semi-officially adopted by the Metropolitan Rly..about 1914... Since 1933, the popular abbreviation for the Metropolitan Line of London Transport. 3. With the. †a. The Metropolitan Music Hall, Edgware Road, London (1836–1962). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > assembly rooms or halls redoubt1702 assembly-room1744 drum-room1749 assembly house1762 pantheon1772 casino1789 pleasure dome1816 palace1831 melodeon1840 kursaal1850 winter garden1859 music hallc1883 Met1896 1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 305/2 Met. 3. The Met (London), the Metropolitan music-hall. b. In New York: the Metropolitan Opera House (opened in 1883); (also) the Metropolitan Museum of Art (opened in 1880). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > display of pictures > [noun] > gallery > specific Tribunac1660 tribune1670 tribunal1797 Met1946 MOMA1964 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > place of performance or practice > [noun] > opera house > specific Staatsoper1928 Met1946 1946 L. Baker Out on Limb viii. 85 She walked like a queen,..sang like head bird at the Met, and had a brilliant career. 1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 Oct. 2/4 There is very little Wagner at the Met this year. 1972 P. Marks Collector's Choice i. 15 The crowds came to ogle the Van Goghs and the multi-million-dollar Rembrandts—the Met had thirty-seven. 1973 ‘S. Harvester’ Corner of Playground iii. iv. 202 An operatic mezzo-soprano, who had sung at the Met, La Scala, Covent Garden. 1998 N.Y. Times 6 Feb. b33/3 Does the Guggenheim's greatest-hits approach really teach us anything we could not learn from the Met about ancient Chinese art? 4. In plural and (now frequently) in singular, with the. The Metropolitan Police Service (earlier, Metropolitan Police Force), London (founded in 1829). ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police forces in specific countries or regions holy brotherhooda1739 hermandad1772 religious police1775 state police1779 gendarmerie1792 police1798 Scotland Yard1830 guardia civil1846 RCMP1920 RUC1922 Arab Legion1923 Garda Síochána1923 Schupo1923 Mets1944 Vopo1954 maréchaussée1955 U.S.C.1963 Garda1970 1944 ‘D. Hume’ Toast to Corpse ix. 91 You haven't had thirty years in the Mets for nothing, and you've been about a bit. 1968 ‘M. Underwood’ Man who killed too Soon xiv. 120 Inspector Drew's colleagues in other forces, especially those in the Met. 1974 S. Gulliver Vulcan Bull. 112 Something or other might be found to interest the Mets or the Home Office... Your trading days would be over. 1989 F. Forsyth Negotiator v. 130 Home Secretary, I must insist that the Met has primacy in all areas... I want to use two men from Criminal Intelligence Branch as negotiators. 1999 Independent 15 Feb. i. 3/3 After four years as Chief Constable of the Kent force,..he returned to the Met as Commissioner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Metn.⁴ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: methionine n. Etymology: Shortened < methionine n., as a graphic abbreviation. Biochemistry. The amino acid methionine. ΚΠ 1945 E. Brand et al. in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 67 1531/2 The empirical formula in terms of amino acid residues is (using the first 3 letters of each as the symbol for the amino acid residues): Gly₈Ala₂₉Val₂₁Leu₅₀Ileu₂₇Pro₁₅Phe₉CySH₄(CyS-)₈Met₉Try₄Arg₇His₄Lys₃₃Asp₃₆Glu₂₄(Glu-NH₂)₃₂Ser₂₀Thr₂₁Tyr₉(H₂O)₄. 1965 A. R. Peacocke & R. B. Drysdale Molecular Basis Heredity xii. 144 Certain discrepancies remain, notably for the changes asp→ser, arg→gly, thr→met. 1990 Jrnl. Neuroendocrinol.* 2 876 The amino acid sequence was shown to be H–Ser–Glu–Glu–Pro–Pro–Met. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † metadj.¹ Forms: see mete v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English met , mete v.¹ Etymology: < met, past participle of mete v.¹ Compare earlier meten adj. Obsolete. Measured. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > measured admeasured1340 metc1480 dimensurated1675 gauged1678 dimensioned1726 paced1953 c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 1406 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 344 Twa hundre myle of met way. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 115 (MED) This botell..It holdys a mett potell. 1532 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. 94 For glasing of xv windowes..being v^xx xii fute of mett glas at xl d. fute. 1651 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1889) II. 306 For two lead of mett collis. 1741 Caledonian Mercury 16 Mar. in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) They [sc. herrings] fell in Fife from 40 to 50 Pence per met Thousand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † metadj.² Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English met , meet v. Etymology: < met, past participle of meet v. poetic. Obsolete. rare. Shared, common, mutual. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > sharing > [adjective] > shared i-menec1000 meanOE ymonec1275 commonc1300 communicant?a1425 joint1424 communicate1561 shared1598 meta1631 intercommoneda1774 participate1850 a1631 J. Donne Elegies xvi, in Poems (1635) 99 She smil'd and I, And (in my conscience) both gave him the lie In one met thought. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019). Metadj.³n.³ Brit. /mɛt/, U.S. /mɛt/ Forms: 1900s– Met, 1900s– Met. (with point). Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: meteorological adj. Etymology: Shortened < meteorological adj. colloquial (originally R.A.F. slang). A. adj.³ Of, relating to, or designating a Meteorological Office. Hence, more generally: meteorological. met man n. (originally, in the R.A.F.) a meteorological officer; (later, in general use) a person representing a Meteorological Office, esp. one who presents a broadcast weather forecast, a weatherman. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [adjective] meteorological1570 meteorologic1662 Met1940 1940 War Illustr. 26 Jan. 19/2 One of the ‘Met. men’ studying the big thermometer attached to one of the inter-plane struts of his ‘Gladiator’. 1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path i. 113 What's the met. report like? 1943 L. Cheshire Bomber Pilot iii. 45 The latest ‘met’ forecast came in... Navigation should be easy. 1943 R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 32 The Met. Officer has sent his obs. through each hour. 1958 New Scientist 15 May 9/2 The met. observations become meaningful only when compared with the observations made by the other parties all over the continent. 1964 Punch 7 Oct. 527/1 Metmen ask each other. 1970 New Scientist 24 Dec. 569/1 It is almost inevitable..that the Met Office will come in for derision over their latest idea. 1973 W. M. Duncan Big Timer i. 14 The met men promise a hard winter. 1985 D. Dunn Elegies 10 Smiled at by the newscaster now, later the Met Man will turn to face me,..his snow sign placed above the Humber. 1994 Church Times 21 Oct. 18 Fortunately the Met. Office had forecast several degrees of frost, so we were able to gather a respectable last picking of the beans. B. n.³ Originally, in the R.A.F.: a meteorological officer. Later, in general use: a Meteorological Office. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > one who studies or is skilled in meteorology meteorologer1555 meteorologician1580 meteorologian1583 meteorologist1638 weatherling1656 aerologist1847 aerographer1849 skygazer1860 weather-lorist1905 Met1943 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > office Met1943 weather centre1961 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 45 Met. or Mets., the Meteorological Officer. [R.A.F.] 1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose 290 A high had come along that the Met had not been able to forecast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹lOEn.²1881n.⁴1945adj.¹c1480adj.²a1631adj.³n.³1940
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