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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
mete + wand.
Noun
metewand (plural metewands)
- (obsolete) A measuring rod (in both its literal and figurative sense).
- Synonym: yardstick
a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, , London: John Daye, , published 1570, →OCLC:A true touchstone , a sure metewand lieth before both their eyes