What is established portion or measure; fixed allowance. The one right feeble through the evil rate, Of food which in her duress she had found. Spenser called?
rate — Established portion or measure; fixed allowance. The one right feeble through the evil rate, Of food which in her duress she had found. Spenser. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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