Definition of measure

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Measure (a.) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure..

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Bathymetrical :: Bathymetrical (a.) Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea..
Degree :: Degree (n.) Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).
Dial :: Dial (v. t.) To measure with a dial.
Extent :: Extent (n.) Degree; measure; proportion.
Immeasurable :: Immeasurable (a.) Incapble of being measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable; vast.
Strike :: Strike (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle..
Boll :: Boll (n.) A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels..
Assizer :: Assizer (n.) An officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures, etc..
Commensurately :: Commensurately (adv.) With equal measure or extent.
Productive :: Productive (a.) Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable..
Vedro :: Vedro (n.) A Russian liquid measure, equal to 3.249 gallons of U. S. standard measure, or 2.706 imperial gallons..
Eudiometer :: Eudiometer (n.) An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; -- so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air.
Projet :: Projet (n.) A plan proposed; a draft of a proposed measure; a project.
Cambistry :: Cambistry (n.) The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc..
Mazurka :: Mazurka (n.) A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat..
Stang :: Stang (n.) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch..
Chetvert :: Chetvert (n.) A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels..
Admeasure :: Admeasure (v. t.) To measure.
Care :: Care (n.) To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure.
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