mete

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

METE, verb transitive [Latin metior; Heb. to measure.] To measure; to ascertain quantity, dimensions or capacity by any rule or standard. [Obsolescent.] METE, noun Measure; limit; boundary; used chiefly in the plural, in the phrase, metes and bounds.
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