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d by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms. -- Meas"ured*ly, adv.

Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable. -- Meas"ure*less*ness, n.

The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required.

One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commondities in market.

Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure. Measuring faucet, a faucet which permits only a given quantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one by means of which the liquid which passes can be measured. -- Measuring worm (Zoöl.), the larva of any geometrid moth. See Geometri…

Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. Chaucer. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat. Gen. i. 29. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat…

Of or pertaining to a meatus; resembling a meatus. Owen.

Having (such) meat; -- used chiefly in composition; as, thick- meated.

A sweet liquor; mead. [Obs.] Chaucer. Milton.

Quality of being meaty.

Having no meat; without food. "Leave these beggars meatless." Sir T. More.

A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra.

An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice.

A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear.

Abounding in meat.

The sea mew. [Obs.] Spenser.

See Mewl, and Miaul.

See 1st Measle. [Obs.]

Falling in small drops; mistling; mizzing. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

See Moebles. [Obs.]