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merese

noun

Etymology

Perhaps via French [Term?] (compare French mérèse (growth by cell division), mérisme (merismus, merism)), ultimately from Ancient Greek μερίζω (merízō), from μέρος (méros, “part”) + -ίζω (-ízō, “-ize”), from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros. First English attestation in 1923 on page 44 of Glass-making in England by Harry J. Powell.

  1. inherited from *(h)méros✻
  2. derived from μερίζω

Definitions

  1. A flat, sharp-edged button, often a disc-shaped knob, separating the stem of a…

    A flat, sharp-edged button, often a disc-shaped knob, separating the stem of a drinking-glass from the foot.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA