To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your
fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires.
Jer. Taylor.
5. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure;
-- often with out or off.
With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Matt. vii. 2.
That portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the
sun.
Addison.
To measure swords with one, to try another's skill in the use of the
sword; hence, figuratively, to match one's abilities against an
antagonist's.
Meas"ure (?), v. i. 1. To make a measurement or measurements.
2. To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well;
the pieces measure unequally.
3. To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length,
breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard
measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures
three feet in diameter.
Meas"ured (?), a. Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal;
uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured
steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms. -- Meas"ured*ly, adv.
Meas"ure*less (?), a. Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable. --
Meas"ure*less*ness, n.
Syn. -- Boundless; limitless; endless; unbounded; unlimited; vast;
immense; infinite; immeasurable.
Meas"ure*ment (?), n. 1. The act or result of measuring; mensuration;
as, measurement is required.
2. The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by
measuring; as, its measurement is five acres.
Meas"ur*er (?), n. One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to
measure commondities in market.
Meas"ur*ing, a. Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or
dividing by measure.
Measuring faucet, a faucet which permits only a given quantity of
liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one by means of which the
liquid which passes can be measured. - - Measuring worm (Zoöl.), the
larva of any geometrid moth. See Geometrid.
Meat (?), n. [OE. mete, AS. mete; akin to OS. mat, meti, D. met hashed
meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel. matr, Sw. mat, Dan.
mad, Goth. mats. Cf. Mast fruit, Mush.] 1. Food, in general; anything
eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part
of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. Chaucer.
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . .
. to you it shall be for meat.
Gen. i. 29.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you.
Gen. ix. 3.
2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a
breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.