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mead | meid |

As a proper noun mead

is .

As a noun meid is

amount, quantity, extent, degree, number or meid can be size, magnitude.

mead

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) mede, from (etyl) medu, from (etyl) ‘honey; honey wine’.

Alternative forms

* meath, meathe, meeth (all obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
  • (US) A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.
    • Derived terms
    * mead-bench * meadery

    See also

    * ambrosia noun * ("mead" on Wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . Cognate with West Frisian miede, Low German Meed, (Mede).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic) A meadow.
  • * 1848 , , In Memoriam , 28:
    • Four voices of four hamlets round, / From far and near, on mead and moor, / Swell out and fail, as if a door / Were shut between me and the sound [...].
  • * 1920 , :
    • There ran little streams over bright pebbles, dividing meads of green and gardens of many hues, [...].

    Anagrams

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    meid

    English

    Noun

    (meide)
  • (South Africa, offensive) A young black woman.
  • *1979 , , A Dry White Season , Vintage 1998, p. 113:
  • *:The last time she heard Capt Stolz saying: ‘Come on, meid , speak up. Or do you want to die like Gordon Ngubene?’
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