Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened.
A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls
The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
A number of edges in a graph.
Wallpaper paste.
The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
To take a greater size; to increase in size.
To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.