mett

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noun

An old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels.

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nounmett (plural metts)

plural metts · alternative mitta

  1. historicalAn old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels.

    Once the mitta, or mett, a quantity of two bushels, is used for salt. The name still lingers in Lancashire.

    1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 168
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