Size

sīz, n. extent of volume or surface: magnitude: an allotted portion: ( pl. ) allowances ( Shak. ).— v.t. to arrange according to size: at Cambridge, to buy rations at a certain fixed rate: to measure.— v.i. to increase in size.— adjs. Sī′zable , Size′able , of suitable size: of considerable size or bulk; Sized , having a particular size.— ns. Sī′zer , one who, or that which, sizes or measures, a kind of gauge; Sī′zing , act of sorting articles according to size, esp. crushed or stamped ores in mining: an order for extra food from a college buttery.— Size up , to measure, consider carefully. [Contr. of a ize (q.v.).]