Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A metewand a yard in length.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
yard ,staff , orrod used as a measuring device.
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Examples
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Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
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Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
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¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Leviticus 19. 1999
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The travail of soul, the workings of the mind, the agonies and the raptures of genius must be so remote from the common ken, that it is unjust to apply to it the vulgar meteyard; and so, far be it from me to blame the inspired singer of "Crossing the Bar," or to imagine that he could have been other than he was!
Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895
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Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2010
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: 32 p.m. this has me almost in tears. do you know how long i've been wanting a copy of this book? no, i guess you probably don't. but to find one that's signed by meteyard [who is the only reason i really want it in the first place]?
bebelua Diary Entry bebelua 2002
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03: 019: 035 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
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03: 019: 035 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
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35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) 1721
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19: 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
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