metes

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Bake metes, 30/476-7, game pies, &c.

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  • Section 1.02 The Boundaries: Shall Section 1.02 be amended to delete the metes and bounds of the city limits and add: The boundaries of the City of Santa Fe are hereby established and located and situated in the County of Galveston, State of Texas, and described by metes and bounds; such metes and bounds recorded in the office of the county clerk of Galveston County, Texas. —  The Daily News - News
  • Her punisher, unflappable and untouched by her remonstrations, does not pause as he metes out the punishment.
  • Although he still lives at home with his alcoholic mom (Celia Weston), at work Ronnie suffers no fools, brooks no insults and metes out swift justice (to skateboarders, shoplifters and the like). —  IGN Movies
  • In 11 stories of revenge and retribution full of disturbing images, Cat Eyed Boy acts as a trickster, saving the innocent and helping the wicked receive the punishment that fate metes out. —  Anime Nano!
  • Bolt's season-opening 400 metes race was slotted into an athletics meeting for primary and secondary schools in the local Kingston area and I can honestly say I have never seen anything like it. —  Telegraph Blogs
 

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