1. Noun
One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.
2. Noun
An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured.
3. Noun
A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
4. Noun
Alt. of Metre
5. Noun
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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