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mete-wand

mete-wand is the alternative spelling of metewand.

Meaning of metewand

Noun

metewand (plural metewands)

  1. (obsolete) A measuring rod (in both its literal and figurative sense).
    • A true touchstone , a sure metewand lieth before both their eyesa. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […]...
    Synonyms:
    yardstick

Forms of mete-wand

pluralmete-wands

Questions about mete-wand

What is mete-wand the alternative spelling of?
Mete-wand is the alternative spelling of metewand.

Words near mete-wand in the dictionary

  1. metcon
  2. metconazole
  3. metcons
  4. mete
  5. mete out
  6. mete-wand
  7. mete-wands
  8. metecorn
  9. meted
  10. meted out
  11. metedomidine

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