admeasurement
[ ad-mezh-er-muhnt ]
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How to use admeasurement in a sentence
By an accurate admeasurement he found that those nearly ready to be hatched were almost twice as big as those just laid.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William KirbyThis bear, upon admeasurement, proved to be full fifteen feet in his greatest length.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Edgar Allan PoeThis so-called Statute of admeasurement has not been traced to any authoritative source.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandOf the former there can be no admeasurement, excepting by its effect, which is recollection: its duration can be well ascertained.
Sound Mind | John HaslamWe now proceed to Sennan Church-town, which according to barometrical admeasurement is 391 feet above the level of the sea.
A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End | John Ayrton Paris
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