English Dictionary: merited | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Maraud \Ma*raud"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Marauded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marauding}.] [F. marauder, fr. maraud vagabond, OF. marault; of uncertain origin, perh. for malault, fr. (assumed) LL. malaldus; fr. L. malus bad, ill + a suffix of German origin (cf. {Herald}). Cf. {Malice}.] To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder. [bd]Marauding hosts.[b8] --Milman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Maritated \Mar"i*ta`ted\, a. [L. maritatus married.] Having a husband; married. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Martite \Mar"tite\, n. [L. Mars, Martis, the god Mars, the alchemical name of iron.] (Min.) Iron sesquioxide in isometric form, probably a pseudomorph after magnetite. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Merit \Mer"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Merited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Meriting}.] [F. m[82]riter, L. meritare, v. intens. fr. merere. See {Merit}, n.] 1. To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment. [bd]This kindness merits thanks.[b8] --Shak. 2. To reward. [R. & Obs.] --Chapman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Meritedly \Mer"it*ed*ly\, adv. By merit; deservedly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Meritot \Mer"i*tot\, n. A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Moor \Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[d3]r moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See {Mere} a lake.] 1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. 2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. {Moor buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Moor coal} (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite. {Moor cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe. {Moor coot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gallinule}. {Moor fowl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse ({Lagopus Scoticus}). (b) The European heath grouse. See under {Heath}. {Moor game}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Moor fowl} (above). {Moor grass} (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass ({Sesleria c[91]rulea}), found in mountain pastures of Europe. {Moor hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier. {Moor hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See {Gallinule}. (c) An Australian rail ({Tribonyx ventralis}). {Moor monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the black macaque of Borneo ({Macacus maurus}). {Moor titling} (Zo[94]l.), the European stonechat ({Pratinocola rubicola}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muriated \Mu"ri*a`ted\, a. 1. Put in brine. --Evelyn. 2. (Chem.) Combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric acid. 3. (Photog.) Prepared with chloride of silver through the agency of common salt. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Meredith, CO Zip code(s): 81642 Meredith, NH (CDP, FIPS 47060) Location: 43.65804 N, 71.50426 W Population (1990): 1654 (837 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 03253 Meredith, NY Zip code(s): 13753 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Murrieta Hot Springs, CA (CDP, FIPS 50090) Location: 33.56509 N, 117.15076 W Population (1990): 1938 (1186 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |