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An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.

A measure of weight or quantity. Specifically: --

A unit of measurement of the freight transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the products obtained by multiplying the aggregate weight of each shipment in tons during the given period by the number of miles for which it is carried.…

f speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone.

The act of measuring with a tonometer; specifically (Med.), measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball.

A galvanometer in which current is measured by torsion.

Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures. [Obs.] Holder. --Tract"a*ble*ness, n. -- Tract"a/bly, adv.

omposition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy. The noble tragi-comedy of "Measure for Measure." Macaulay.

r durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure. "Measured this transient world." Milton.

A dynamometer in which power is measured, without being absorbed or used up, during transmission.

m resolved to forsake Malta, tread a pilgrimage to fair Jerusalem." Beau. & Fl. They have measured many a mile, To tread a measure with you on this grass. Shak.

the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill. R. H. Dana, Jr. (b) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.

iangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured.

Consisting of three poetical measures. -- n.

engine in which the same steam performs work in three cylinders successively. -- Triple measure (Mus.), a measure of tree beats of which first only is accented. -- Triple ratio (Math.), a ratio which is equal to 3. -- Triple salt (Chem.), a salt containing three distinct basic atoms as radicals; thus, microcosmic s…

Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.

A trochaic verse or measure. Dryden.

Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse.

An old measure of wheat equal to two thirds of a bushel. Bailey.

purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions. Let the end try the man. Shak.