Webster's Dictionary 1913

2512

Merry (2)

Mer″ry (mĕr″ry̆), n.(Bot.) A kind of wild red cherry.

2513

Merry-andrew

Mer″ry–an″drew (–ăn″drṳ), n. One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor.☞ This term is said to h...

2514

Merry-go-round

Mer″ry–go′–round″ (?), n. Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.

2515

Merrymake

Mer″ry‐make′ (?), n. Mirth; frolic; a meeting for mirth; a festival. [Written also merrimake.]

2516

Merrymake (2)

Mer″ry‐make′, v. i. To make merry; to be jolly; to feast. [Written also merrimake.]

2517

Merrymaker

Mer″ry‐mak′er (?), n. One who makes merriment or indulges in conviviality; a jovial comrade.

2518

Merrymaking

Mer″ry‐mak′ing (?), a. Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.

2519

Merrymaking (2)

Mer″ry‐mak′ing, n. The act of making merry; conviviality; merriment; jollity. Wordsworth.

2520

Merrymeeting

Mer″ry‐meet′ing (?), n. A meeting for mirth.

2521

Merrythought

Mer″ry‐thought′ (?), n. The forked bone of a fowl's breast; — called also wishbone. See Furculum.☞ It is a sportive custom for two persons to break this bone by pulling the ends...

2522

Mersion

Mer″sion (?), n. [L. mersio. See Merge.] Immersion. Barrow.

2523

Merulidan

Me‐ru″li‐dan (?), n. [L. merula, merulus, blackbird. See Merle.] (Zoöl.) A bird of the Thrush family.

2524

Merus

‖Me″rus (?), n.(Arch.) See Meros.

2525

Mervaille

Mer″vaille′ (?), n. Marvel. Chaucer.

2526

Mes-

Mes– (mĕs–). See Meso-.

2527

Mesa

‖Me″sa (mā̍″sȧ), n. A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. Bartlett.

2528

Mesaconate

Mes‐ac″o‐nate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of mesaconic acid.

2529

Mesaconic

Mes′a‐con″ic (?), a. [Mes- + -aconic, as in citraconic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of several isomeric acids obtained from citric acid.

2530

Mesad

Mes″ad (mĕs″ăd), adv. Same as Mesiad.

2531

Mesal

Mes″al (mĕs″al), a. Same as Mesial.

2532

Mésalliance

‖Mé′sal′li′ance″ (?), n. A marriage with a person of inferior social position; a misalliance.

2533

Mesally

Mes″al‐ly (mĕs″al‐ly̆), adv. Same as Mesially.

2534

Mesamœboid

Mes′a‐mœ″boid (mĕs′ȧ‐mē″boid), n. [Mes- + amœboid.] (Biol.) One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentia...

2535

Mesaraic

Mes′a‐ra″ic (?), a. [Gr. μεσάραιον mesentery; μέσοσ middle + αραιἄ flank.] (Anat.) Mesenteric.

2536

Mesaticephalic

Mes′a‐ti‐ce‐phal″ic (?), a. [Gr. � midmost + E. cephalic.] (Anat.) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; neither brachycephalic nor dolichoc...

2537

Mesaticephalous

Mes′a‐ti‐ceph″a‐lous (?), a.(Anat.) Mesaticephalic.

2538

Mescal

‖Mes‐cal″ (?), n. A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave.