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n. [ . anti- + -mere. ] (Biol.) One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`rqron joint + -mere. ] (Zool.) One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca. Packard. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. bai`nein to walk + -mere. ] (Zool.) One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax of Arthropods. Packard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. blasto`s sprout + -mere. ] (Biol.) One of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Tibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cashmere shawl, a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere; -- often called camel's-hair shawl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. casimir, prob. of the same origin as E. cashmere. Cf. Kerseymere. ] A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments. [ Written also kerseymere. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) a specialized condensed region of a chromosomes that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cephalo- + -mere. ] (Zool.) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods. Packard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An enchantress. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. chamarre., F. simarre (cf. It. zimarra), fr. Sp. chamarra, zamarra, a coat made of sheepskins, a sheepskin, perh. from Ar. sammūr the Scythian weasel or marten, the sable. Cf. Simarre. ] The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who feigns dumbness. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ecto- + -mere. ] (Biol.) The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ento- + -mere. ] (Biol.) The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

n. [ Epi- + -mere. ] (Biol.) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf. Syd. Soc. Lex. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who farms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a woman working on a farm; a farmeress. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OF. fumeraille part of a chimney. See Fume. ] (Arch.) A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for ventilation or escape of smoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. enfermerier, fr. enfermerie infirmary. See Infirmary. ] The officer in a religious house who had the care of the infirmary. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Arch.) One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) See Femerell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who works with a hammer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + -mere. ] (Zool.) 1. A homologous or corresponding part or segment. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Chem.) same as Isomer. [ archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ For cassimere, confounded with kersey. ] See Cassimere. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To divide, limit, or bound. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which meared her rule with Africa. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mare. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also mar. ] [ OE. mere, AS. mere mere, sea; akin to D. meer lake, OS. meri sea, OHG. meri, mari, G. meer, Icel. marr, Goth. marei, Russ. more, W. mor, Ir. & Gael. muir, L. mare, and perh. to L. mori to die, and meaning originally, that which is dead, a waste. Cf. Mortal, Marine, Marsh, Mermaid, Moor. ] A pool or lake. Drayton. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also meer and mear. ] [ AS. gem&aemacr_;re. √269. ] A boundary. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Superl. Merest. The comparative is rarely or never used. ] [ L. merus. ] 1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then entered they the mere, main sea. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form. [ 1913 Webster ]

From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. &unr_; part. ] A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere, epimere. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ulysses was to force forth his access,
Though merely naked. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prize not your life for other ends
Than merely to oblige your friends. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Solely; simply; purely; barely; scarcely. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a part + -enchyma, as in parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Tissue composed of spheroidal cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An officer who ascertains meres or boundaries. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mere boundary + stead place. ] The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm. [ Archaic. ] Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. meretricius, from meretrix, -icis, a prostitute, lit., one who earns money, i. e., by prostitution, fr. merere to earn, gain. See Merit. ] 1. Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Deceptive or based on deception; seeming plausible, but based on pretense or insincerity; deceptive; misleading; insincere; specious; as, meretricious arguments. [ PJC ]

-- Mer`e*tri"cious*ly, adv. -- Mer`e*tri"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility.
Syn. -- speciousness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. tasteless showiness.
Syn. -- flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, tawdriness, glitz. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A person subjected to mesmeric influence; one who is mesmerized. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. meta- + -mere. ] (Biol.) One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment; a somite. See Illust. of Loeven's larva. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Micro- + -mere. ] (Biol.) One of the smaller cells, or blastomeres, resulting from the complete segmentation of a telolecithal ovum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ So named from L. ne not + temere rashly, the first two words in the decree. ] (R. C. Ch.) A decree of the Congregation of the Council declaring invalid [ so far as the laws of the Roman Catholic Church are concerned ] any marriage of a Roman Catholic, or of a person who has ever been a Roman Catholic, if not contracted before a duty qualified priest (or the bishop of the diocese) and at least two witnesses. The decree was issued Aug. 2, 1907, and took effect on Easter Apr. 19, 1908. The decree by its terms does not affect mixed marriages (those between Roman Catholics and persons of another faith) in Germany. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Neuro- + -mere. ] (Anat.) A metameric segment of the cerebro-spinal nervous system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Osteo- + -mere. ] (Anat.) An osteocomma. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. para- + -mere. ] (Zool.) One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, as a starfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Stone Cutting) Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Rhabdom + -mere. ] (Zool.) One of the several parts composing a rhabdom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sphere + -mere. ] (Zool.) Any one of the several symmetrical segments arranged around the central axis and composing the body of a radiate anmal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who stammers. [ 1913 Webster ]