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meis(e
n.
Additional spellings:
meise
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A container (barrel, basket, or crate) holding 500 or 1000 herring, used as a measure in the fish trade; (b) the quantity of herring in such a container; (c) a container used as a measure for…
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