Designating weights and measures formerly used in Scotland. Now historical. See also compounds 2, and cf. Scotch, adj. 1c.

Designating weights and measures formerly used in Scotland. Now historical. See also compounds 3, and cf. Scots, adj. 1c.

attributive. Forming the names of units of measurement formerly used in the area of Europe lying on either side of the Rhine (esp. in the…

= metric, adj.2 Now rare.

Designating (the system of) non-metric weights and measures (the ounce, pound, stone, inch, foot, yard, mile, acre, pint, gallon, etc.) established…

Designating a unit measuring a physical quantity, or (originally) a monetary unit, which is agreed upon internationally, often as distinguished…

Of, relating to, or based on the metre; spec. designating the decimal system of measurement which has the metre, litre, and gram (or kilogram) as…