measuring

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MEASURING, participle present tense mezh'uring. Computing or ascertaining length, dimensions, capacity or amount. 1. adjective A measuring cast, a throw or cast that requires to be measured, or not to be distinguished from another but by measuring
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