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A. S. _mearc-ian_, designare.
MERKE SCHOT, the distance between the _bow markis_, in the exercise of archery.
_Wyntown._
MERKERIN, _s._ The spinal marrow, Ang.
_Mergh_, marrow; and Germ. _kern_, pith; q. that which const.i.tutes the pith of the body.
MERLE, _s._ The blackbird; Fr.
_Compl. S._
MERRY-BEGOTTEN, _s._ A spurious child, Ang.
MERRY-DANCERS, _s. pl._ The Aurora Borealis, S.
_Encycl. Brit._
MERTRIK, _s._ A marten.
V. ~Martrik~.
MERVYS, mars.
V. ~Mer~.
_Barbour._
MES, MESS, _s._ Ma.s.s, S.
_G.o.dly Ballads._
~Mes~, or ~Ma.s.s John~, a ludicrous designation for the minister of a parish, S.; q. _Ma.s.s-priest_.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
MESALL, MYSEL, _adj._ Leprous.
Fr. _mesel_, id.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
MESCHANT, _adj._
V. ~Mischant~.
_To_ MESE, _v. a._ To mitigate.
V. ~Meis~.
MESE _of herring_, five hundred herrings.
_Skene._
Isl. _meis_, a bag in which fish are carried.
MESH, _s._ A net for carrying fish, S.; from the same origin with _Mese_.
MESSAGE, _s._ Amba.s.sadors, Fr. id.
_Wallace._
MESSAN, MESSIN, MESSOUN, MESSAN-DOG, _s._
1. A small dog.
_Dunbar._
2. A country cur.
_Watson._
From _Messina_ in Sicily, whence this species was brought; or Fr.
_maison_, a house.
_To_ MESTER, _v. a._ Perhaps, to need.
V. ~Mister~.
_King's Quair._
