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- English Word Measle Definition A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4.
- English Word Measled Definition Infected or spotted with measles, as pork.
- English Word Measles Definition Leprosy; also, a leper.
- English Word Measles Definition A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola.
- English Word Measles Definition A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.
- English Word Measles Definition A disease of trees.
- English Word Measles Definition The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.
- English Word Measly Definition Infected with measles.
- English Word Measly Definition Containing larval tapeworms; -- said of pork and beef.
- English Word Measurable Definition Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation.
- English Word Measurable Definition Moderate; temperate; not excessive.
- English Word Measure Definition A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.
- English Word Measure Definition An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.
- English Word Measure Definition The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.
- English Word Measure Definition The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.
- English Word Measure Definition Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.
- English Word Measure Definition Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.
- English Word Measure Definition The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.
- English Word Measure Definition Undefined quantity; extent; degree.
- English Word Measure Definition Regulated division of movement
- English Word Measure Definition A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet.
- English Word Measure Definition The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.
- English Word Measure Definition The space between two bars.
- English Word Measure Definition The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.
- English Word Measure Definition A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers.
- English Word Measure Definition A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.
- English Word Measure Definition The act of measuring; measurement.
- English Word Measure Definition Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.
- English Word Measure Definition To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.
- English Word Measure Definition To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.