Part 6967

<i>Milman.</i>

<h1>Mercer</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>mercier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>merx</ets>, <ets>mercis</ets>, wares, merchandise. See <er>Merchant</er>.]</ety> <def>Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Mercership</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"cer*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The business of a mercer.</def>

<h1>Mercery</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"cer*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>mercerie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The trade of mercers; the goods in which a mercer deals.</def>

<h1>Merchand</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"chand</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>marchander</ets>. See <er>Merchant</er>.]</ety> <def>To traffic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Merchandisable</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"chan*di`sa*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Such as can be used or transferred as merchandise.</def>

<h1>Merchandise</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"chan*dise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>marchandise</ets>, OF. <ets>marcheandise</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.</def>

<h1>Merchandise</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"chan*dise</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Merchandised</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Merchandising</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To trade; to carry on commerce.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Merchandise</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"chan*dise</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make merchandise of; to buy and sell.</def> "Love is <i>merchandised</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Merchandiser</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"chan*di`ser</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A trader.</def>

<i>Bunyan.</i>

<h1>Merchandry</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"chand*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Merchant</er>.]</ety> <def>Trade; commerce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Sanderson.</i>