sizes
Dictionary
noun
- (obsolete outside dialectal) An assize.
- A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.
- A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink.
- The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
"The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there."
- A regulation, piece of ordinance.
- A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
"I don't think we have the red one in your size."
- A number of edges in a graph.
- Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.
- An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls.
verb
- To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
- To classify or arrange by size.
- To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
- To take a greater size; to increase in size.
- (Cambridge University) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
- To swell; to increase the bulk of.
noun
- A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
- Wallpaper paste.
- The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
- Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
verb
- To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
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