sizing

IPA: sˈaɪzɪŋ

A gelatinous glue for glazing or sizing canvas, paper, plaster or wood; often made from animal skins.
Paste.
A weak glue used in various trades; size.
(UK, Cambridge University, dated) Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student.

Examples of "sizing" in Sentences

Obama takes care in sizing up ‘tea party’ movement.
The pants are available in sizing for teen girls, but not for teen boys.
But in sizing up this latest sibling collision course, a rather jarring fact comes to mind.
“And by the same token many men who are most correct in sizing up the universe have been least great.”
Should go and look at kids 'clothes shops for myself, sometimes if the sizing is big I can squeeze into girls' stuff.
Vanity sizing is desperate to massage our bruised body image with smaller numbers, while industry-wide sizing discrepancies leave us baffled as to what size we even wear.