metewand
/ˈmiːtwɒnd/(also metwand)
noun
1A measuring rod; = meteyard. regional and historical in later use.
2 Literary. A standard by which something is measured or judged; a criterion. Now archaic.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Promptorium Parvulorum. From mete + wand.
- be in at the kill
- be in credit
- be in debit
- be in for
- be in (full) flood
- being
- beingless
- beingness
- be in good company
- be in good (or bad) odour with
- be in (on) the secret
- be in (or of) two minds
- be in (or out of) luck
- be in (or out of) one's element
- be in (or out of) the frame
- be in over one's head
- be in pictures
- be in someone's debt
- be in someone's good (or bad) graces
- be in something for the long haul
- be in stays
- be in the doghouse
- be in the know
- be in the majority
- be in the market for