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• Size

  ·vt To fix the standard of. II. Size ·noun <<Six>>. III. Size ·vt To cover with size; to prepare w...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Life-size

  ·adj Of full size; of the natural size. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Size Lane

  See Sise Lane. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• size, to

  To range soldiers, marines, and small-arm men, so that the tallest may be on the flanks of a party. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• size-fish

  A whale, of which the whalebone blades are six feet or upwards in length; the harpooner gets a bonus...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• size of ale

  Half a pint. Size of bread and cheese; a certain quantity. Sizings: Cambridge term for the college a...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• size of bread, and cue of bread

  Cambridge. The one signifying half, the other one-fourth part of a halfpenny loaf, cue being Q. the ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose