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| 1. s. (obsolete, outside, dialects) An assize. | |
| 2. s. (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc. | |
| 3. s. (obsolete) A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink. | |
| 4. s. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is. | |
| The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there. | |
| 5. s. (obsolete) A regulation, piece of ordinance. | |
| 6. s. A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing. | |
| I don't think we have the red one in your size. | |
| 7. s. (graph theory) A number of edges in a graph. | |
| 8. s. (figurative, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc. | |
| 9. s. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls. | |
| 10. v. To adjust the size of; to make a certain size. | |
| 11. v. To classify or arrange by size. | |
| 12. v. (military) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature. | |
| 13. v. (mining) To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts. | |
| 14. v. (transitive, colloquial) To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive) To take a greater size; to increase in size. | |
| 16. v. (Cambridge University) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book. | |
| 17. v. (transitive, obsolete) To swell; to increase the bulk of. | |
| 18. s. A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon. | |
| 19. s. Wallpaper paste. | |
| 20. s. The thickened crust on coagulated blood. | |
| 21. s. Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish. | |
| 22. v. To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted. | |
