Reverse Dictionary: MEASURE

ADJECTIVES
► METIENT measuring → 1656 obs.

NOUNS
► AXE HANDLE an imprecise unit of measurement, esp. when applied to the breadth of a man’s shoulders or woman’s buttocks → 1947 US sl.
► ELLWAND a measuring rod, an ell measure; a yard measure → 1660 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► METERAGE the act of measuring → 1883
► METE-ROD a measuring rod or pole → 1473 obs.
► METEWAND a measuring staff, rod or pole → 1440
► MET-WAND a measuring-rod; a draper’s yard-stick → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MET-WOOD a measuring-rod; a draper’s yard-stick → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MET-YARD a measuring-rod; a draper’s yard-stick → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MICKLE size, measure, bulk, height; frequently in plural → 1864 Eng. dial.
► PANTOMETRY universal measurement; a measuring of all things → 1656 obs.
► Q WITH A LONG TAIL a measuring tape which winds up into a box → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOWL OF BROW ► SCOWLY-BROW measurement by the eye; estimate by the eye instead of by rule or measurement → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WAND a measuring rod → a1637 obs.
► YARD a measuring-rod; a measuring-rod or stick of the length of three feet; a yard-stick → c1000-1050 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YARD-BAND a tape-measure; a yard-stick → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YARDEL a yard-measure → 1804 obs.
► YARDEN a yard-stick → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YARD-WAND a three-foot rod for measuring; a yardstick → a1400

VERBS
► ADMEASURE to measure out → 1481 obs.
► ADMETIATE to measure → 1612 obs.
► BEMETE to measure → c893 obs.
► MEACH ► MEITCH to measure; to compare → 1884 Eng. dial.
► MENSURATE to measure; to take the dimensions of; to ascertain the size, extent or quantity of → 1653 obs.
► METT to measure → 1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TAKE to measure off a length or distance → 1660 obs.
► TAPE OFF to measure out correctly → 1920s Aust. sl.
► SCOWL OF BROW to do anything by the judgement of the eye instead of by strict measurement → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)