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metts

metts is the plural of mett.

Meaning of mett

Noun

mett (plural metts)

  1. (historical) An old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels.
    • Once the mitta, or mett, a quantity of two bushels, is used for salt. The name still lingers in Lancashire.1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 168

Questions about metts

What is metts the plural of?
Metts is the plural of mett.

Words near metts in the dictionary

  1. Mettlers
  2. mettles
  3. mettlesome
  4. mettlesomely
  5. mettlesomeness
  6. metts
  7. Metty
  8. Metuali
  9. Metualis
  10. Metuchen
  11. metula

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