4. (Mech.) To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension,
as by cutting.
To size up, to estimate or ascertain the character and ability of. See
4th Size, 4. [Slang, U.S.]
We had to size up our fellow legislators.
The Century.
Size, v. i. 1. To take greater size; to increase in size.
Our desires give them fashion, and so, As they wax lesser, fall, as
they size, grow.
Donne.
2. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) To order food or drink from the buttery;
hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
Sized (?), a. 1. Adjusted according to size.
2. Having a particular size or magnitude; -- chiefly used in compounds;
as, large-sized; common- sized.
Si"zel (?), n. Same as Scissel, 2.
Siz"er (?), n. 1. See Sizar.
2. (Mech.) (a) An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to
determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them
according to size. (b) An instrument or tool for bringing anything to
an exact size.
Siz"i*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being sizy; viscousness.
Siz"ing, n. 1. Act of covering or treating with size.