Lexicographical Neighbors of Merse
Literary usage of Merse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Picture of Scotland by Robert Chambers (1827)
"The merse forms the northern bank of the Tweed, throughout the whole space where
the river divides the two kingdoms. Lauderdale, a vale formed by the course ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"... of flie merse. ... <Jr. The merse is the low country of Berwickshire.
Its ethnological history is ..."
3. The New Statistical Account of Scotland by Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy (1845)
"Samolus valerandi, in the marsh places of merse at Southerness. Glaux maritima,
shore, common. Sison verticillatum, marshy places of merse. ..."
4. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"Home of Wedderburn took fearful revenge. Pretending to besiege the tower of
Langton in the merse, he drew Antony Darcy, styled the Sieur de la ..."
5. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"Here he married his first wife, the sister of Sir Alexander Home of Eccles in
the merse, a lady who left him a son and daughter, both of whom survived him. ..."
6. Trial by Combat by George Neilson (1891)
"merse and Kyle, 1264-66. THE early records of the Scotch Exchequer must have been
a mine of wealth as rich in Scottish law and history as the Pipe Rolls are ..."
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