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Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified. Then entered they the mere, main sea. Chapman. The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed. Jer. Taylor.

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.

One of the radial segments composing the body of one of the Coelenterata.

One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.

One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca. Packard.

One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax of Arthropods. Packard.

One of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum. Balfour.

A rich stuff for shawls, acaris, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.

A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.

A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments. [Written also kerseymere.]

One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods. Packard.

An enchantress. Chaucer.

The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached. Hook.

One who feigns dumbness. [Obs.] Burton.

The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.