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Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. Ulysses was to force forth his access, Though merely naked. Chapman.

Tissue composed of spheroidal cells.

An officer who ascertains meres or boundaries. [Eng.]

The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm. [Archaic.] Longfellow.

A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark. Bacon.

Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.

Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.

To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb. To merge all natural ... sentiment in inordinate vanity. Burke. Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots. De Quincey.

One who, or that which, merges.

One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp.

remain isolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form higher aggregates, termed zoides. Perrier.

ing to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course. "Meridian hour." Milton. Tables ... to find the altitude meridian. Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to the meridian.

The state of being in the meridian.

In the direction of the meridian.

A boy's play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris.

A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added.

Made of the wool of the merino sheep.

Dividing into cells or segments; characterized by separation into two or more parts or sections by the formation of internal partitions; as, merismatic growth, where one cell divides into many.

A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further division.