simple past tense and past participle of size

Having a certain size. Usually used in combination with an adverb.

(obsolete outside dialects) An assize. / (obsolete) A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc.

Alternative form of sice (“number six in dice games”)

(transitive) To adjust the size of; to make a certain size. / (military) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.

(transitive) To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.

A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon. / Wallpaper paste. / The thickened crust on coagulated blood. / Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.

plural of sizing

present participle of size

A gelatinous glue for glazing or sizing canvas, paper, plaster or wood; often made from animal skins. / paste / (UK, Cambridge University, dated) food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student