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1. n. Six. Source: opted

2. v. i. A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc. Source: opted

3. v. i. Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish. Source: opted

4. v. t. To cover with size; to prepare with size. Source: opted

5. n. A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize. Source: opted

6. n. An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; -- corresponding to battel at Oxford. Source: opted

7. n. Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock. Source: opted

8. n. Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size. Source: opted

9. n. A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale. Source: opted

10. n. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls. Source: opted

11. v. t. To fix the standard of. Source: opted

12. v. t. To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk. Source: opted

13. v. t. To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature. Source: opted

14. v. t. To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts. Source: opted

15. v. t. To swell; to increase the bulk of. Source: opted

16. v. t. To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting. Source: opted

17. v. i. To take greater size; to increase in size. Source: opted

18. v. i. To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book. Source: opted

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