单词 | by met |
释义 | > as lemmasby (also of) met c. by (also of) met: in length. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 27 (MED) Þere is in þe cop of an hille a burielles; euerich man þat comeþ and meteþ þat buriel, he schal fynde it euene riȝt of his owne mette. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 9483 Two hundred fet was it be-met [read be met]. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 199 (MED) A xl foote of mette Vche elm away from other most be born. by (also with) met d. by (also with) met: as determined by measuring. Cf. i-met n. Obsolete.In quot. c1390 contextually: by fraudulent measuring. ΚΠ c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 799 To take thy neighebores catel agayn his wyl..be it by met or by mesure. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8814 (MED) Þai..fand it merc inogh wit mett [a1400 Trin. Cambr. bi met]. 1559–60 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) I. 323 The sowthe syd of the tolbuith, quhilk contenis be just met v rudis thre elnis. 1575 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 137 The talis, yairdis and fredomes perteining..be equall met of lyne. < as lemmas |
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