Mete
METE, verb transitive [Latin metior; Heb. to measure.] To measure; to ascertain quantity, dimensions or capacity by any rule or standard. [Obsolescent.]
METE, noun Measure; limit; boundary; used chiefly in the plural, in the phrase, metes and bounds.
First occurrence in the Bible(KJV): Exodus 16:18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
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