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A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.

The state or quality of being better; melioration. [Obs.] Bacon.

By, or from, memory.

he quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert. Here may men see how sin hath his merit. Chaucer. Be it known, that we, the greatest, are misthought For things that others do; and when we fall, We answer other's merits in our name. Shak.

Deserving of reward. [R.]

By merit; deservedly.

Same as Internode.

One who depends on merit for salvation. [Obs.] Milner.

Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable. And meritorious shall that hand be called, Canonized, and worshiped as a saint. Shak. -- Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ness, n.

Meritorious. [Obs.]

A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy.

A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent. [Obs.] Kepler. Hutton.

See the Note under Meteorite.

Sulphide of mercury in isometric form and black in color.

Of or pertaining to the metanephros.

Of a mass without iron (asiderite).

Inflammation of the womb.

A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile, consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver.

omparing the atomic weights of the elements; thus, an atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths. See Crith. J. P. Cooke.

The act of voiding urine; also, a morbidly frequent passing of the urine, in consequence of disease.