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Show Whorifh Lat., meretriz pradtifed by proftitutes falfe thow as i fuc b allurin Qur degenerate underftandings have fuffered fad divorce from their deareft objet, defile themfelves with every meretricious femblance, that th variety of opinion prefents them with Glanville's Scepfis Not by affe&ed, meretricions arts Rofeerm But ftrict harmonious fymmetry of parts MEerETRI ClOUSLY. adv [from meretri after the manner o Whorifhly cious. whores MEeRETRI CIOUSNESS. 7. /. [from meretricious.] Falfe allurement like thofe o ftrumpets MERI'DIAN. #. / dies, Lat. 1. Noon; mid-day [meridien Fr. meri lin draw fro north to fouth which the {un croffes at noon The true meridian is a circle pafiing throug the poles of the world, and the zenith or verte of any place, exally dividing the eaft from th Brown's Vulgar Errovrs weft The fun or moon, rifing or fetting, our ide reprefents bigger than when on the meridian Watts's Logick of an 3. The particular place or ftat thing All other knowledge merely ferves the concern of this life, and is fitted to the meridian thereof they are fuch as will be of little ufe to a feparat Hale foul 4. The higheft point of glory or power I've touch'd the higheft point of all my greatnefs And from that full meridian of my glor Shake[p. Henry VIIL I hafte now to my fetting Your full majefty at once breaks fort In the meridian of your reign Waller MEer1'DIAN. ad) 1. Being at the point of noon Sometimes tow'rds Eden which now in his vie Lay pleafant, his griev'd look he fixes fad Sometimes tow'rds heav'n, and the full blazin fun Milton ‘Which now fat high in his meridian tow'r 2. Extende from north to fouth Compare the meridian line afforded by magnetical needles with one mathematically drawn, obferve the variation of the needle, or its declinatio from the true meridian line Boyle 3. Raifed to the higheft point MERI'DIONAL. adj. [meridional, French. 1. Southern In the fouthern coaft of America and Africa the fouthern point varieth toward the land, a being difpofed that way by the meridional or prope hemifphere Brown's Vulgar Errours 2. Southerly; having a fouthern afpe& All offices that require heat tortes, and ftoves as kitchens fhould be meridional ftilla Worton Meripiona'LiTY. 2z /. [from meridional.] Pofition in the fouth; afpe& towards the fouth Mer1'DIONALLY. adv. [from meridional. - In the direttion of the meridian The Jews, not willing to lic as their templ ftood, do place their bed from north to fouth, an delight to fleep meridionally. Brown's Vulgar Err ME'RIT u. /. [meritum, Lat. merite, Fr. 1. Defert; excellenc or reward To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known Pope And ev'ry author's meri¢ but his own She valu'd nothing lef defervin honou She deem'd T well deferv'd to die And made a merit of her cruelty Dryden Rofcommon, not more learn'd than good ‘With manners gen'rous as his noble blood fhape, and drefs Than titles, figure That neric thould be chiefly plac' In judgment knowledge Saift wit, and tafte 2. Reward deferved Thofe laurel groves, the merits of thy youth Which thou from Mahomet didft greatly gain While bold affertor of refitlefs truth Thy fword did godlike liberty maintain 3. Claim; right ; charaéte to defert of good or evil wit Prior refpet You have the captives ; ufe the As we fhall find their merits and our fafet Shakefpeare's King Lea May equally determine As 1 am ftudious to promote the honour of m native country, I put Chaucer's merits to the trial by turning fome of the Canterbury tales into ou Dryden . language Whe He promis'd in his Eaft a glorious race Now f{unk from his meridian, fets apace. Dryden 2. Th ME ME ME a point hath been well examined, and ou fettled, afte owfi judgmen a laige furvey of th it would be a weaknefs to con merits of the caufe Watts tinue fluttering w. a To Me'rR1T [meriter, French. 1. To deferve; to have a right to clai any thing as deferved Amply have merited of me, of al Milton's Paradife Lofl Th' infernal empire A man at beft is uncapable of meriting any thin from God South's Seramons 2. To deferve to earn: it is ufed gene rally of good but fometimes of ill Whatfoever jewels I have merited, I am fure hav received .none unlefs experience be a jewel that I have purchafed at an infinite rate Shakelp. Merry Wives of Windfo If fuch rewards to vanquith'd men are due What prize may Nifus from your bounty claim Who merited the firft rewards, and fame Dryden MEeRr1TO 'RIOUS. adj. [meritoire, Fr. fro merit.] Deferving of reward; high i defert great and meritorious a fervice, i Irith to acknowledge the king fo did great hurt. Spenfer on Ireland hath fuch a foundation will no juft, but holy and meritorious Raleigh's EfJays Sufficient means of redemption and falvation, b the fatisfactory and meritorious death and obedienc of the incarnate Son of God, Jefus Chrift, Go blefled for ever Sanderfon This is not only the moft prudent, but the mof Inftead of f bringing all th their liege, the The war tha only be repute meritorious charity, which we can pra&ife. ddifon MEeRriTO RIOUSLY. adv. [from meritorious. In fuch a manner as to deferv reward H carrie himfelf meritorionfly in foreign em ployments in time of the interdiét, which held u his credit among the patriots Wotton MEriTO R1IOUSNESS. 2. /. [from meritorious.] ‘The aét or ftate of defervin well the rude fea grew civil at her fon G Did fenfe perfuade Ulyffes not to hef : bbmj} The mermaids fongs, which f his men did p Tha't they were all perfuaded, throug thp To quit the thip and leap into the feas Me'ritor. n. /o [ofeillum, Latin. kind of play Ainfworth MEe'rRLIN. 7. /. A kind of hawk Not yielding over to old age his country delights he was at that time following a merlin Sidney Me'RmAID. 2. f. [mer, the fea; an maid. Afea woman; an animal wit a woman's head and fifh's tail T'll drown more failors than the mermaid thall Thou remembreft Since once I fat upon a promontary Shakefpeare Beax: Few eyes have efcaped the pitur of .maid: Horace his monfler, = wit woman': zm above and fithy extremity below, anfwers th th of the ancient fyrens that ztrt;t];zgd'/ l;pon Ulyfe MERMAID' fifh5 ulga " Errgys kmd\o 17 TRUMPET, 7. / Me'RRILY. adv. [from merry.] Gajy airily; cheerfully ; with mirch . w,;;] gaiety ; with laughter Aerrily merrily fhall we live now Under the bloflom that hangs on the bough, § Obah Whe men come to borrow of your mafters the approach fadly, and go away merrily. Sbmi,‘}m;‘ A paifan of France thinks of no more tha his coarfe bread and his onions, his canvafs clothe and wooden fhoes, labours contentedly on worki days and dances or plays merrily on holidays Templ Merrily fing, -and fport, and play, _"PPQSMM For 'tis Orjara's nuptial day Granvill MEe'RRIMAKE 7. J [merr and make, feftival ; a meeting for mirth pranks merr Thenot now nis the time of merrymake Nor Pan to herie, nor with love to play Sike mirth in May is meeteft for to make Or Summe thade under the cocked hay. Spmfa The knight did not forbear Her honeft mirth and pleafure to partake But when he faw her gibe, and toy, and geare And pafs the bounds of modeft merrimake Her dalliance he defpifed Fairy Quer To ME'RRIMAKE jovial w. 2 'To fealt; tob With thee *twas Marian's dear deligh To moil all day, and mzrimake at night Gay MEe'RRIMENT. 7./. [from merry.] Mirth gaiety ; cheerfulrefs ; laughter Who when they heard that piteous ftrained voice In hafte forfook their rural merriment. Fairy Que A number of merriments and jefts, wherewit muc they have pleafantly move laugbter at ou manner of ferving God Methought it was the foun Of riot and ill-managed merriment ME'RRINESS. 2. /. [from merry. merry difpofition Hodkerv Milto Mirth The ftile fhall give us caufe to climbin themerS /;a/nj}zmre rinefs ME'RRY adj 1. Laughing heart cheerful; gay o loudl They drank and were merry with him Gere xlilis 3 The vine languifheth, all the merry hearted figh Jfa. xxiv Some that are of an ill an There was a full perfuafion of the high meritorioufnefs of what they did; but ftill there was n law of God to ground it upon, and confequently i was not confcience South And heard a mermaid on a dolphin Uttering fuch dulcet and harngon?o x: lzfrf h Tha melancholy natu incline the company into which they come.tojfi fad and ill-difpofed ; and others that aLre of aj,O: nature cheerful Ma d difpof th is the merrief compan to be e' Ba}:-on'); Na!uraii Hr;fifi"f fpecies of the creation Addif above and below h'm{} ari ferious laughter 2. Caufin faul vil a ¢ fo an herghufband You ki%' ' dea t condemn' wer brother he o Tw My hand cut off, and made a merr 3. Profperous jeft Shax In my fmall pinnace I can fail Contemning all the blu@'ring roar And running with a merry gale With friendly ftars my fafety feek Within fome little winding creek And fee the ftorm afhqre - Dy T |
