m 3 e 1 a 1 s 1 e 1
5 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originThe English Dialect Dictionary suggests Old Norse meiss (“wooden box, as would be used for counting fish”) as a source; The Century Dictionary suggests that the term comes via Old French from a Latin word *mesa (“barrel”). One can also compare German Mass (“measure”) and indeed measure itself.
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