† metenadj.
Obsolete.
Measured; complete (as established by measuring).
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metena1400
metrical1650
mensural1651
decimal1794
metrological1834
mensurational1880
quantificational1939
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 7332 (MED) He [sc. Saul] was heyer þen any man large bi a meten span.
a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) 919 (MED) Four mettyn myle out of Rome..Þat erst was emperour of alle þus ended in sorow.
1531–2 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. 104 Quhilkis stabillis [contained] x rudis and thre quartaris of ane rud mettin werk.
a1700 Will Stewart & John xvii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1886) II. iv. 434/1 And as they did come home againe—I-wis itt was a meeten mile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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