† metingn.¹

Forms: Old English mæting, Old English mætingc, Old English–Middle English meting, Middle English matyng, Middle English matyngge, Middle English meetinge, Middle English meetynge, Middle English meteing, Middle English metenge, Middle English metinge, Middle English metingge, Middle English metingue, Middle English metynge, Middle English metyngge, Middle English metyngue, Middle English 1600s metyng.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mete v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mete v.² + -ing suffix¹.

Obsolete.

The action of mete v.²; dreaming; a dream, a fantasy.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun]

swevenc897

metingOE

showing?c1225

sweveningc1275

dreamc1300

metels1340

dremels1362

night visiona1382

metreda1393

dreaminga1400

somniation1598

OE Prognostics (Calig.) in Englische Studien (1925) 60 84 Seo mætingc bið gecornes & geflitnes [perh. read geflites] & eall costunge full; ne bið þæt na god swefen.

OE Daniel 141 Ge mætinge mine ne cunnon, þa þe me for werode wisdom berað.

c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 215 (MED) Þo nicht efter þet aperede an ongel of heuene in here slepe ine metinge.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 261 By þe planetes, and by þe sterren, J can juggen alle þe werren, Alle pleȝes, alle metynges [v.r. matynges].

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 87 I wolde weene al were lesinge or elles that it were meetinge.

a1500 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Chetham) l. 3840 Now thought Sabere: ‘Be hevyn hyng, Now haue I my metynge!’

c1600 (c1350) Alisaunder (Greaves) (1929) 839 Hee minges his metyng..And what it might bee too meane..gan hee ask.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† metingn.²

Forms: Old English metingc, Old English–early Middle English meting.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mete v.³, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mete v.³ + -ing suffix¹.

Obsolete.

A painting, a picture.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > a picture

metingOE

portraiturea1393

picture?a1425

piece1503

portrait1560

pictural1590

composure?1606

transumpt1629

composition1753

delineation1772

depictment1816

vraisemblance1857

piccy1865

pic1884

pitcher1915

pictorial1949

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xii. 277 On oðre wisan we scawiað metinge, & on oðre wisan stafas: ne gæð na mare to metinge buton þæt ðu hit geseo, & herige; nis na genoh þæt ðu stafas scawie, buton þu hi eac ræde.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxiii. 368 Swa swa on metinge bið forsewen seo blace anlicnys: þæt seo hwite sy beorhtre gesewen.

OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 174 Pingo ic mete..of ðam is pictura meting.

c1225 ( Ælfric Gloss. (Worcester) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 541 Pictura, meting.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

metingn.³

Brit.

/ˈmiːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmidɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English meatynge, Middle English metinge, Middle English metynge, Middle English–1500s metyng, 1500s 1800s– meting, 1600s meeting, 1600s 1800s meteing; Scottish pre-1700 meeting, pre-1700 meitting, pre-1700 metein, pre-1700 meteing, pre-1700 metin, pre-1700 mettein, pre-1700 metteing, pre-1700 metteyne, pre-1700 mettin, pre-1700 mettinge, pre-1700 mettyn, pre-1700 mettyng, pre-1700 1700s– meting, pre-1700 1700s– metting.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mete v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mete v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

Now rare.

†a. The action of mete v.¹; an instance of this. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun]

i-metOE

metingc1350

measurea1382

measuringa1398

commensuration1555

dimension1555

mensuration?a1560

measurement1590

dimensuration1593

admeasurement1610

admensuration1670

evaluation1780

quantification1851

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

meting1543

mereing1574

boundage1610

abuttallingc1628

limitation1677

demarcation1728

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun]

weenc888

rightnessOE

steemc1330

sight1362

witc1374

emprisea1393

reputation?c1400

apprizingc1449

nick?a1450

vail1471

countc1475

opinionc1480

estimationc1522

meting1548

reckoning1548

valuation1548

computation1558

account1583

cess1588

esteem1598

appreciation1605

resentiment1606

repute1610

ratea1616

assessmenta1626

estimate1637

vote1639

supputation1643

compute1646

value1651

resentment1655

contemplation1673

critique1798

appraisement1808

appraisal1817

viewa1854

sizing up1967

chit1989

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > study of poetry > [noun] > prosody > metrics > scansion

scanningc1440

meting1644

scansion1671

the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > apportioning by measure

meting1829

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > by measure

meting1829

c1350 Ayenbite (1866) App. 264 (MED) Helle is wyd wyþ-oute metinge, dyep wyþ-oute botme.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 11 Siche metyng of corn, of mele, or oþer þing.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 336/1 Metynge wythe mesurys, mensuracio.

1543 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 17 §7 The..meting and bounding of the said fourth Part of the said Woods.

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. ⁋1 Although it bee not allways the truest meanes of meting to measure all mens appetites by one mans affeccion.

1624 A. Hunter (title) Treatise of Weights, Mets and Measures of Scotland... Together with the Art of Metting, measuring and compting all sort of Land.

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 122 The meeting and scanning of verses upon the Fingers.

1717 in Chrons. Atholl & Tullibardine Families (1908) II. App. p. xcii For every peck that any townsman shall borrow for metting of meall or Lint seed.

1829 R. Story Mem. Isabella Campbell (1854) vii. 104 She was in the habit also of acknowledging in every feeling or personal application of the words [of Scripture] the metings out of his sovereign love.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Meteings, the measurement and estimate of timber.

1890 F. W. O. Ward 'Twixt Kiss & Lip iii. 620 For they heard not the accents of pleasure, And they saw not its mien; When the meting of pain was their measure, And the night was their queen.

b. In plural. Dimensions. rare.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > a) dimension(s)

dimension1413

quantity1590

metings1674

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 110 The three meteings or dimensions of a body.

1915 W. Sussex Gaz. 18 Feb. 7/2 (advt.) 274 exceptionally fine oak timber trees, of clean butts, of large metings and well situate for clearance.

Compounds

† meting pole n. Obsolete rare = metepole n.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > measuring rod or stick

yardc1000

meteyardOE

reedc1350

ell-yardc1400

yard-wand14..

scantillona1425

gad1440

metewand1440

meterod1473

rod1473

ell1474

gad-wand1487

ell-wand?a1500

measuring rod1546

scantling1556

metepole1571

meting pole1606

wand1614

yardstick1797

yard-measure1838

gad-stick1866

meting-rod1881

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 4 With ten foote perches [margin Or meeting poles] in their hands.

† meting-rod n. Obsolete rare a measuring-rod.

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