† met-stickn.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
A piece of wood used for measuring the foot for shoes.
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1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 432 The ‘met-stick’ pair'd away to suit the size.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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n.1821- priest benedict
- priest chaplain
- priest hermit
- priest in the pulpit
- priest linen
- priest massacre
- priest of nature
- priest of science
- priest secular
- priest vicar
- priest's bonnet
- priest's cap
- priest's crown
- priest's hole
- priest's hood
- priest's pintle
- priest-astronomer
- priest-baiting
- priest-catcher
- priest-catching
- priest-death
- priest-doctor
- priest-educated
- priest-flock
- priest-guarded