Size \Size\, n. [Abbrev. from assize. See Assize, and cf.
Size glue.]
1. A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize. [Obs.] "To
scant my sizes." --Shak.
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2. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) An allowance of food and drink
from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at
commons; -- corresponding to battel at Oxford.
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3. Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude;
as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or
of a rock.
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4. Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character,
etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size.
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Men of a less size and quality. --L'Estrange.
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The middling or lower size of people. --Swift.
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5. A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for
shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale.
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6. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges
fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for
ascertaining the size of pearls. --Knight.
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Size roll, a small piese of parchment added to a roll.
Size stick, a measuring stick used by shoemakers for
ascertaining the size of the foot.
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Syn: Dimension; bigness; largeness; greatness; magnitude.
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