mete /ˈmit/
(v.)給予,派給;評定,測量界線,境界,界石
Mete, n. Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.
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Mete, v. t. & i. To meet. [Obs.]
Mete, v. i. & t. [imp. Mette p. p. Met.] To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.] “I mette of him all night.”
Mete v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meted; p. pr. & vb. n. Meting.] To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.
mete
n : a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border,
borderline, delimitation]