measure 
That pride which many who presume to boast of their 
generuua sentiments allow i<> i . uliir their wtaturex has 
nothing nobler in view than the approbation of men. 
Johnson, Uaniblcr. 
Measures, not men, have always been my mark. 
Uoldsmtih, Good-natured Man, 1L 
I'eel's measures were finished laws before they were 
brought forward. W. R. Greg, M isc. Essays, 2d ser., p. 224. 
16. pi. In yeol., a set or series of beds, as in eoal- 
iiu-asiirr.i, the assemblage of strata in which 
the coal of any particular region occurs. 17. 
In. fencing, the distance of one fencer from an- 
other at which the one can just reach the other 
by lunging. To come into measure is to approach an 
opponent near enough to reach him with the sword ti]i l>y 
thrusting and lunging. Above or beyond measure, to 
an imlcnnkcly great degree or extent; exceedingly. 
Martin having rejoiced above measure in the abundance 
of light. '/'. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, U. 3. 
Beyond measure I persecuted the church of God. 
Gal. i. 13. 
Absolute measure. See absolute. Angular measure, 
the system of units employed for measuring angles. It 
is based on the measurement of the circumference of a 
circle described with the vertex of the angle as its center. 
The circumference is regarded as divided into 360 equal 
parts called degrees; a light angle is thus the angle sub- 
tended at the center by the fourth part of the circumfer- 
ence, or is 90 degrees. The table Is : 
00 seconds (60") = 1 minute (!') 
60 minutes - 1 degree (!') 
360 degrees = 1 circle or circumference. 
Apothecaries' measure, the system of units employed 
by apothecaries In compounding and dispensing liquid 
drugs. The table in use In the United States Is : 
Gallon. Pints. Hiii.loiinces. Fluidrachms. Minims. 
1 = 8 = 128 = 1024 = 61440 
1 = 16 128 = 7680 
1 8 = 480 
1 = 60 
The capacity of the gallon is 231 cubic inches. The pint 
of the British Pharmacopeia (being the eighth part of the 
gallon of 277. 274 cubic inches)isdlvided into 20 fluidounces, 
with the fluidrachm and minim constituting the saute sub- 
divisions of the fluidounce as in the above table. The 
cubic capacity of the gallon can, however, be stated only 
approximately. The standards are made to contain a cer- 
tain weight of water at a certain temperature. See gallon. 
Barren measures. See barren Binary measure. 
See binari,. Cartesian measure of force. See Carte- 
sian. Circular measure. Same as angular measure. 
Cloth-measure, the standard system of lineal units 
employed in measuring cloth. The table Is : 
Yard. Quarters. Nails. Inches. 
1 = 4 = 16 = 86 
1 = 4=8 
1 = 2J 
The English ell la 5 quarters, and the Flemish ell about 
3 quarters. Seertfi. Common measure. Seecommon. 
Compound measure. See compound^. Cubic mea- 
sure, the system of units employed for measuringvolume, 
formed from long measure by taking the cubes of the lin- 
eal dimensions. The table is : 
Cubic yard. Cubic feet. Cubic inches. 
1 = 27 = 466.16 
1 = 1728 
Decimal measure. See decimal. Dry measure, the 
system of units ordinarily used in measuring dry comniod* 
itles, such as grain, fruit, etc. The table is : 
Quarter. Bushels. Pecks. Gallons. Quarts. Pints. 
1 = 8 = 82 = 64 = 266 = 612 
1 =4=8 = 32 =64 
1=2= 8 = 16 
1 = 4=8 
1 = 2 
A pottle is 2 quarts ; a load of grain is : quarters, and a last 
10 quarters. The approximate capacity of the imperial 
(British legal) bushel Is 2.21!-. 1!I2 cubic inches; of the Win- 
chester (United .States legal) bushel, 2,150.42 cubic inches. 
(See apothecaries' measure.) The United States bushel is 
thus equivalent to .96946 British bushel. Gravitation 
measure of force. See gravitation. -Greatest com- 
mon measure of two or more numbers or quantities, the 
greatest number or quantity which divides each of them 
without a remainder. Heaped measure. Wee hea/>, r. t. 
Imperfect measure. See imperfect, In a measure, 
to some extent Lineal or linear measure. See long 
measure, below. Liquid measure, the system of units 
ordinarily used In measuring liquids. The table is : 
Gallon. Qu.irts. Pints. Gills. 
1 = 4 = 8 = 82 
1=2=8 
1=4 
For the capacity of the gallon, see apothecaries' measure. 
Long measure, lineal or linear measure, the system of 
units ordinarily used in measuring length. The table is : 
3677 
pont'iit of some given ratio being assumed as unity. See 
ratio. -Measure of capacity, dry or liquid measure. 
Measure of curvature, see curvature. -Measure of 
solidity. .Same as cubic measure. Metric measures. 
X -T nu'tric Hi/stem, under metric*. Net measure. > s eu net. 
Out of measure, out of proportion ; disproportion- 
ately ; Immoderately ; excessively. 
And his Loud durethe in very brode 4 Monethei lor- 
neyes and In lengthe out of measure. 
UatulenOle, Travels, p. 277. 
He salth they (Brazilians! Hue 150 yeares, and that their 
women are out of measure luxurious. 
I'urchas, Pilgrimage, p. 886. 
Small measure, In some parts of the United States, a 
measure containing a quarter of a peck, used especially 
in in n k-'t MIL' for dry vegetables. Square measure, the 
ordinary system of units for measuring and expressing 
areas, including the acre and rood and the squares of the 
units of the ordinary long measure. (See land measure.) 
The acre Is 10 square chains, or 100,000 square links. To 
take the measure of, to observe narrowly so as to form 
a Judgment concerning. Winchester measure. See 
bushelt, i. witnln measure, within bounds. with 
measure', fully. 
He cannot but with measure fit the honours 
Which we devise him. Shot., Cor., IL 2. 127. 
measure (mezh'ur), v.i pret. and pp. measured, 
ppr. measuring. "[< ME. mesuren, < OF. (audF.) 
mesurer = Pr. Sp. mesurar = Pg. mensurar, 
menurar = It. minurare, < L. menmirare, mea- 
sure, < mtnmtra, measure: see measure, n. Cf. 
mensuration.] I, trans. 1. To ascertain the 
length, extent, dimensions, quantity, or capa- 
city of by comparison with a standard; ascer- 
tain or determine a quantity by exact obser- 
vation. To measure a length, a standard of length Is em- 
ployed ; this is laid down BO that Its beginning coincides 
with the beginning of the length to be measured, and its 
other end is marked; It is then laid down again in the 
same way, with its first end where its last end previously 
came, and so on. counting the number of times it Is laid 
down. Finally, If there remains a length less than that of 
the standard, this is measured by subdividing the length 
of the standard into a sufficient number of equal parts, and 
using one of these as a secondary standard. Measurements 
are also effected by reference to units of area or of capa* 
city, as well as by means of weighing, etc. 
In londes mesuring yit craftes are. 
> Palladius, Husbondrle (E. I'.. T. s.), p. 47. 
Suppose that we take two stations situated north and 
south of each other, determine the latitude of each, and 
measure the distance between them. 
tfeuvomb and Holden, Astronomy, p. 201. 
2. To serve as the measure of; be adequate to 
express the size of: often used figuratively. 
An ell and three quarters will not measure her from hip 
to hip. Shot., C. of E., 111. 2. 118. 
3. To estimate or determine the relative ex- 
tent, greatness, or value of; appraise by com- 
parison with something else : with by before the 
standard of comparison. 
In all which the klngnwuurai and valued things amlsse, 
as afterwards appeared. Baenn, Hist. Hen. VII., p. 45. 
Who is ther almost that measures wisdom '-// simplicity, 
strength by suffering, dignity In/ lowliness? 
, Church Government, ii. 1. 
Mile. 
Feet. Inches. 
320 = 1760 
40 = 220 
1 = 5 t 
1 
.V.Nn - I KM > 
600 = 7920 
16J = 196 
8 = 86 
1 = 12 
Other units considered as belonging to long measure are 
the pace, ft feet ; the fathom, 6 feet ; the span, 9 inches ; the 
hand (iisfil in Tin- tsuring the height of horses), 4 inches; 
the surveyors' chain or Gunter's chain, of 100 links, (Hi feet ; 
the engineers 1 i-bain. of 100 links (United States), 100 feet 
(see link). See also cloth mcasur?, above. Measure Of a 
number or quantity, in math ,:\ number which inexactly 
contained in another two or more times. - Measure Of a 
ratio, its logarithm in any system of logarithms, or the 
exponent of the uower to which the ratio is equal, the ex- 
Measuring merit by adventitious circumstances of great- 
ness. Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 2. 
4. To bring into comparison or competition ; 
oppose or set against as equal or as a test of 
equality: with with. 
Their pleasaunt tunes they sweetly thus applyde: . . . 
With that the rolling sea ... them fitly answered; 
And on the rocke the waves breaking aloft 
A solemn Meane [tenor] unto them measured. 
Spenser, . Q., II. xii. 33. 
All start at once : Oileus led the race : 
The next Ulysses, measuring pace irith pace. 
Pope, Iliad, xxill. 8S8. 
He was compelled to measure his genius tn'M that of 
the greatest captain of the age. 
Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., II. 14. 
5. To pass over or through. 
Thou hast measured much grownd, 
Aud wandred, I wene. about the world round. 
Spenser, Shep. Cat., September. 
We must measure twenty miles to-day. 
Shot., M. of V., ill. 4. 84. 
6. To adjust; proportion; suit; accommodate. 
To secure a contented spirit, measure 
your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desire*. 
Jsr. Taylor. 
7t. To control ; regulate. 
The philosophre . . . him betecheth 
The lore, howe that he shall measure 
His i ii nl ii', so that no measure 
Of fleshly lust he shulde excede. 
Qmoer, Conf. Amant., vii. 
8. To allot or distribute by measure ; appor- 
tion; mete: often with nut.' 
With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you 
again. Mat. vii. _. 
i if 1'iL'hl L'l'rat Hours. Time mrasuns out the Sands ; 
And Europe's Fate in doubtful Balance stands. 
Prior. Letter to Boileau Despreaux, 1704. 
measuring-faucet 
What thou seest Is that portion of eternity called llrue, 
measured out by the sun. Addisun, Spectator, No. 169. 
To measure one's length, to fall or be thrown down at 
lull h -ngth ; lie or be laid prostrate. 
If you will measure yi,ur lubber's length again, tarry : 
but away ! tihat., Lear, L 4. 100. 
To measure strength, to ascertain by trial which of two 
parties is the stronger ; specifically, to engage In a con- 
testTo measure swords, u> tight with sword*. 
Miss Tattle, who was by, affirmed . . . that Sir II. Ro- 
quet and Tom Saunter were to measure swords on a similar 
provocation. Sheridan, School for Scandal, I. 1. 
II. iiitrann. 1. To take a measurement or 
measurements. 2. To be of a (specified) 
measure ; give a specified result on being com- 
pared with a standard: as, aboard meanin* 
ten feet.- Measuring cast. Seuouti. 
measured (mezh'urd), p. a. 1. Definitely as- 
certained or determined by measurement or 
rule; set off or laid down by measurement; ad- 
justed or proportioned by rule. 
A positive and measured truth. 
Baenn, Advancement of Learning, L 
The rest, no portion left 
That may disgrace Ills art, or disappoint 
Large expectation, he disposes neat 
At measured distances. Covper, Task, lit 24. 
2. Characterized by uniformity of movement 
or rhythm; rhythmical; stately; formal; delib- 
erate : as, to walk with measured tread. 
His voice was clear, but not agreeable ; his enunciation 
measured and precise. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., IL 25. 
3. Limited or restricted; within bounds; mod- 
erate : as, to speak in no measured terms. 
Measured music. See mensurable, i 
measuredly (mezh'urd-li), adv. Deliberately. 
[Bare.] 
Measuredly came the words from her lips. 
R. Brouyhtan, Cometh up as a Flower, xii 
measureless (mezh'ur-les), . [< measure + 
-tow.] Without measure; unlimited; immea- 
surable. 
What, sir, not yet at rest? The king 's a-bed . . . and shut 
up 
In measureless content. Shale., Macbeth, 11. 1. 17. 
measurelessness (mezh'ur-les-nes), . The 
state or quality of being unmeasured, or inca- 
pable of being measured; immoderatenes*. 
George Eliot. 
measurelyt (mezh'ur-li), adv. [< measure + 
-ty2.] Moderately." 
Yet measitrel]/ feasting, with neighbours among, 
Shall make thee beloved, and live the more long. 
Tusser, Good Husbandly Lessons, x. 
measurement (mezh'ur-ment), . [< measure 
+ -mcni.] 1. The act of measuring; mensura- 
tion. 
The exact length of any aliquot part of it [the circle], 
such as r, ... Is not beyond the limits of very exact 
measttremenl. Uerschel, Outlines of Astron. (ISM), 2UU. 
All must determine the distance of the moon as well as 
that of the sun to be able to complete our map on a known 
scale of measurement. 
Heuxomb and Ilolden, Astronomy, p. 216. 
2. A system of measuring or measures: as, 
builders' measurement. 3. An ascertained di- 
mension; the length, breadth, thickness, depth, 
extent, quantity, capacity, etc., of a thing as 
determined or determinable by measuring'; 
size, bulk, area, or contents. Builders' measure- 
ment, a method of computing the tonnage of merchant 
vessels in use among ship-builders. Its results are nearly 
double the legal or registered tonnage. Measurement 
goods, light goods which are charged for carriage by the 
bulk of the packages, as distinguished from heavy goods. _ 
which are charged by weight. New measurement, a ' 
more accurate met hod than that formerly in use of arriving 
at the cubical capacity of a ship available for stowi ng cat p i. 
The model of the ship affects the comparison of tonniige 
with the old measurement, it varying very largely. 'I he 
new measurement superseded the old by act of congress 
al ii MI 1 1884. See tonnage. Units of measurement. See 
unit. 
measure-moth (mezh'ur-m&th), n. A geometriil 
or looper. See loojier, ,2. 
measurer (mezh'ur-er), n. One who or that 
which measures. 
The world's bright eye. Time's measurer, begun 
Through watery Capricorn his course to run. 
HomU. Poem Royal to His Majesty. Jan., 1641. 
Specifically (a) One whose occupation or duty it Is to 
measure land, commodities In market, etc. (b) One who 
measures work on a building as a basis for contractor*' 
prices, (e) Formerly, an officer In the city of London who 
measured woolen cloths, coals, etc. Also called a mttrr. 
See alnayer. (d) An instrument or apparatus used In 
measuring, (e) In entnm., a measuring-worm. 
measuring-chain (mezh'ur-ing-ohan), H. The 
surveyors chain, containing 100 links of 7.92 
inches each (Gunter's chain), or 100 links of 1 
foot each. Sec rliain and //'<. 
measuring-faucet (mezh'ur-ing-fa'set), . A 
faucet, or a contrivance performing the func- 
