Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

heer

American  
[heer] / hɪər /

noun

  1. an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).


Etymology

Origin of heer

1400–50; late Middle English ( Scots ) her ( e ), apparently to be identified with hair ( e ) hair

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Some Yumans heer me speeking Yuman so gud they give me some Chiken, and I sit rite at there Table.

From The Guardian Oct. 21, 2017

And in time, so many werds came threw my ears and into my brane, that, if I thought upon them, cud understand Yuman prety gud, if I heer it!

From The Guardian Oct. 21, 2017

Tam Lin had marked the route with a red pen and added comments using his own creative spelling, such as Ratlesnakes heer and Saw bare under tree.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

This Ihon had his garment of camels heer, and a lethren gerdell aboute his loynes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

“Than shewed he him the litel erthe, that heer is, At regard of the hevenes quantite; And after shewed he him the nyne speres.”

From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Florence M. Grimm

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Just like flashcards, but way more fun

Don't take our word for it. Leave the boring studying behind and join VocabTrainer today. You'll learn even faster and never look back.

Take me to Vocabulary.com