Part 6973

<h1>Meresman</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Meres"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An officer who ascertains meres or boundaries.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Merestead</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mere"stead</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mere</ets> boundary + <ets>stead</ets> place.]</ety> <def>The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm.</def> <mark>[Archaic.]</mark>

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<h1>Merestone</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mere"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Meretricious</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer`e*tri"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>meretricius</ets>, from <ets>meretrix</ets>, <ets>-icis</ets>, a prostitute, lit., one who earns money, <ets>i</ets>. <ets>e</ets>., by prostitution, fr. <ets>merere</ets> to earn, gain. See <er>Merit</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; <as>as, <ex>meretricious</ex> traffic</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; <as>as, <ex>meretricious</ex> dress or ornaments</as>.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Mer`e*tri"cious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Mer`e*tri"cious*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Merganser</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer*gan"ser</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>merg\'a0nsar</ets>, fr. <ets>mergo</ets> a diver (L. <ets>mergus</ets>, fr. <ets>mergere</ets> to dip, dive) + <ets>\'a0nsar</ets> goose, L. <ets>anser</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any bird of the genus <spn>Merganser</spn>, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.</def>

<note>&hand; The red-breasted merganser (<spn>Merganser serrator</spn>) inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also <altname>sawbill</altname>, <altname>harle</altname>, and <altname>sheldrake</altname>. The American merganser (<spn>M. Americanus</spn>.) and the hooded merganser (<spn>Lophodytes cucullatus</spn>) are well-known species.</note> -- <cs><col>White merganser</col>, <cd>the smew or white nun.</cd></cs>

<h1>Merge</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Merge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Merged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Merging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>mergere</ets>, <ets>mersum</ets>. Cf. <er>Emerge</er>, <er>Immerse</er>, <er>Marrow</er>.]</ety> <def>To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>merge</b> all natural ... sentiment in inordinate vanity. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whig and Tory were <b>merged</b> and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Merge</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Merge</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost.</def>

<blockquote>Native irresolution had <b>merged</b> in stronger motives. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Merger</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, merges.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or of a minor offense in a greater.</def>

<h1>Mericarp</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer"i*carp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a part + <?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See <er>Cremocarp</er>.</def>

<h1>Meride</h1> <Xpage=914>