a.
Then entered they the mere, main sea. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A mare. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To divide, limit, or bound. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Which meared her rule with Africa. Spenser. [ 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 ]
adv.
Ulysses was to force forth his access,
Though merely naked. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
Prize not your life for other ends
Than merely to oblige your friends. Swift. [ 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 ]