size
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English sise, syse (“regulation, control, limit”), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise "assize". Displaced native Middle English grete, grette (“size”) (from Old English grīetu, grȳtu (“size, greatness”)).
[edit] Noun
size (plural sizes)
- (obsolete except dialectal) An assize. [from 14th c.]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 560:
- I know you would have women above the law, but it is all a lye; I heard his lordship say at size, that no one is above the law.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 560:
- (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc. [14th-18th c.]
- (obsolete) A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink. [15th-17th c.]
- The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is. [from 15th c.]
- The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there.
- (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance. [15th c.]
- A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing. [from 16th c.]
- I don't think we have the red one in your size.
- (graph theory) A number of edges in a graph. [from 20th c.]
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- See also Wikisaurus:size
[edit] Translations
dimensions or magnitude of a thing
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a specific set of dimensions for clothing
graph theory: a number of edges in a graph
assize — see assize
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[edit] Verb
size (third-person singular simple present sizes, present participle sizing, simple past and past participle sized)
- (transitive) To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
- (transitive) To classify or arrange by size.
- (transitive, colloquial) To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
[edit] Translations
to classify or arrange by size
[edit] Etymology 2
Origin uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 1, above.
[edit] Noun
size (plural sizes)
- A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
- Wallpaper paste.
- The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
[edit] Translations
thin, weak glue intended to be painted upon
wallpaper paste
[edit] Verb
size (third-person singular simple present sizes, present participle sizing, simple past and past participle sized)
- (transitive) To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
[edit] Translations
to apply primer to a surface which is to be painted
[edit] See also
Size in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
