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SIZE, n. either contracted from assize, or from the L. scissus. I take it to be from the former, and from the sense of setting, as we apply the word to the assize of bread.
1. Bulk; bigness; magnitude; extent of superficies. Size particularly expresses thickness; as the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock. A man may be tall, with little size of body.
2. A settled quantity of allowance. contracted from assize.
3. Figurative bulk; condition as to rank and character; as men of less size and quality. Not much used.
SI'ZED, pp.
1. Adjusted according to size; prepared with size.
2. a. Having a particular magnitude. And as my love is siz'd my fear is so. Note. This word is used in compounds; as large-sized, common-sized, middle-sized, & c.
"Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read" —Isaiah 34:16, KJV
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