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metwand

metwand is the alternative form 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 metwand

pluralmetwands

Questions about metwand

What is metwand the alternative form of?
Metwand is the alternative form of metewand.

Words near metwand in the dictionary

  1. metulae
  2. metuloid
  3. metuloids
  4. metump
  5. Metung
  6. metwand
  7. metwands
  8. metyrapone
  9. metyrosine
  10. Metz
  11. Metz Yeghern

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metwand (page history and authors); metewand (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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