sizing

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A glaze or filler; size.
• noun Treatment of a fabric or other surface with size.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The act or process of applying size or preparing with size.
• noun Size prepared for use in any mechanical trade
• noun Any act or process indicated by size, verb
• noun Specifically, in university use:
• noun An order for extra food or drink from the buttery.
• noun Any article so ordered; a size.
• noun In mining, sorting the crushed or stamped ores into grains of various sizes, in order that a more perfect separation of the various mineral and metalliferous substances of which the ore is made up may afterward be effected by the use of such ore-dressing or separating apparatus as may be considered suitable for the purpose.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun Act of covering or treating with size.
• noun A weak glue used in various trades; size.
• noun The act of sorting with respect to size.
• noun The act of bringing anything to a certain size.
• noun (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A gelatinous glue for glazing or sizing canvas, paper, plaster or wood; often made from animal skins.
• noun paste
• noun UK, dated food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student
• verb Present participle of size.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics