Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word mete-stick.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
chained_bear commented on the word mete-stick
"... a staff of a certain length, fixed on a broad board at right angles, in order to measure or determine the necessary height of a hold, and to level the ballast: in merchant ships one ought to be very particular, but in the royal navy a moderate attention is necessary in their use for stowing the ground-tier, the others, consequently, arrange themselves."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 275
October 13, 2008