mete and bounds

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• Butts and bounds — Butt Butt, But But, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[=o]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mete — Mete, n. [AS. met. See {Mete} to measure.] Measure; limit; boundary; used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mete — I noun barrier, border, borderland, borderline, bound, boundary, boundary line, boundary mark, bounds, circumscription, confine, division line, end, limit, limitation, line of circumvallation, line of demarcation, margin, measure, outline,… …   Law dictionary

• mete — {{11}}mete (n.) boundary, now only in phrase metes and bounds, late 15c., from O.Fr. mete limit, bounds, frontier, from L. meta goal, boundary, post, pillar. {{12}}mete (v.) to allot, O.E. metan to measure, mete out; compare, estimate (class V… …   Etymology dictionary

• bounds — noun the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑boundary, ↑bound • Derivationally related forms: ↑bound (for: ↑bound), ↑bound ( …   Useful english dictionary

• mete — I [[t]mit[/t]] v. t. met•ed, met•ing 1) to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usu. fol. by out): to mete out praise[/ex] 2) archaic to measure • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE metan; c. OHGmez(z)anto measure, akin to OIrmidithir(he)… …   From formal English to slang

• mete — I. /mit / (say meet) verb (t) (meted, meting) 1. Obsolete to measure. –phrase 2. mete out, to distribute or apportion by measure; allot: *East Timor s influential Catholic bishop called today for an international tribunal to mete out justice to… …  

• mete — I. transitive verb (meted; meting) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English metan; akin to Old High German mezzan to measure, Latin modus measure, Greek medesthai to be mindful of Date: before 12th century 1. archaic measure 2. to give out by… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Mete — A boundary stone or marker. The word was used in the phrase metes and bounds , which referred to the duties of a *regarder. [< Lat. meta = a boundary] …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• To keep within bounds — Bound Bound (bound), n. [OE. bounde, bunne, OF. bonne, bonde, bodne, F. borne, fr. LL. bodina, bodena, bonna; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Arm. bonn boundary, limit, and boden, bod, a tuft or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit could be …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bead and butt — Butt Butt, But But, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[=o]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English