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metewands

metewands is the plural 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

Questions about metewands

What is metewands the plural of?
Metewands is the plural of metewand.

Words near metewands in the dictionary

  1. metestrus
  2. meteth
  3. metethereal
  4. metethoheptazine
  5. metewand
  6. metewands
  7. meteyard
  8. meteyards
  9. Meteș
  10. metflurazon
  11. Metford

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