Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete form of mere, mere, mere.

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

  • noun A boundary. See mere.
  • noun See mere, a lake.
  • adjective obsolete Simple; unmixed. See mere, a.

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  • noun A boundary.

Etymologies

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Examples

  • MeerKAT is a play on the name of the lovable African mammal and the Afrikaans word meer, which translates into English as 'more'.

    Engineering News | Home 2009

  • Faces, certain mystical figures in our Hands, which I dare not call meer dashes, strokes a la volee, or at random, because delineated by a Pencil that never works in vain; and hereof I take more particular notice, because

    Religio Medici 1605-1682 1923

  • Now there are, besides these Characters in our Faces, certain mystical figures in our Hands, which I dare not call meer dashes, strokes à la volée, or at random, because delineated by a Pencil that never works in vain; and hereof I take more particular notice, because I carry that in mine own hand which I could never read of nor discover in another.

    The Second Part 1909

  • (I'd have called it "meer," personally, but you know the Japanese.) (n) - The ineffable, ultimate state in which one has attained the transcendent union of wisdom and compassion.

    Beervana, the Blog 2008

  • Towards Polaris, the North Star, majestic swans glide on the northern Harlem meer.

    Jack Schimmelman: Central Park . . . a performance in four seasons (Autumn) Jack Schimmelman 2010

  • City Council member Tim Burgess has amended his proposed legislation restricting aggressive panhandling to address one of the most widely criticized aspects of the proposal — the provision barring panhandling of any person within 15 feet of a person who is using an ATM or parking meer.

    Extra Fizz: Burgess Clarifies Panhandling Legislation « PubliCola 2010

  • While the people of Iran are dying in the streets for the meer hope of freedom, we are surrendering ours to the government.

    Will the Senate health bill tame costs? 2009

  • Als was dat laatste wat gedetaileerder en uitgerbreider, en meer gericht op Europa.

    the Google Putsch nathreee 2010

  • Towards Polaris, the North Star, majestic swans glide on the northern Harlem meer.

    Jack Schimmelman: Central Park ... A Performance in Four Seasons (Autumn) Jack Schimmelman 2010

  • Towards Polaris, the North Star, majestic swans glide on the northern Harlem meer.

    Jack Schimmelman: Central Park . . . a performance in four seasons (Autumn) Jack Schimmelman 2010

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