Definition of Mercat

1. n. Market; trade.

Definition of Mercat

1. Noun. (obsolete) market; trade ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mercat

1. a market [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercat

mercaptol
mercaptolactate-cysteine disulfiduria
mercaptole
mercaptoles
mercaptomerin sodium
mercaptopropionic
mercaptopropionic acid
mercaptopropionylglycine
mercaptopurine
mercaptopurines
mercaptothion
mercaptoundecanoic
mercaptoundecanoic acid
mercapturic acid
mercapturic acid pathway
mercat (current term)
mercatante
mercatantes
mercats
mercature
mercauro
mercenaria
mercenarian
mercenarians
mercenaries
mercenarily
mercenariness
mercenarinesses
mercenary
mercenary(a)

Literary usage of Mercat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"... past upon the said ?th day of March, to the mercat cross of Coupar, ... to the mercat cross off Aberdeen; and upon the said 13th day, to the mercat ..."

2. The Miscellany of the New Spalding Club by Alexander Macdonald Munro, Peter John Anderson, David Littlejohn, James Moir, Alexander Emslie Smith (1908)
"Pryce of the boll ferme heir Pryce of the boll mercat beir - Pryce of the ... mercat malt Pryce of tlie boll ferine meill - Pryce of the boll mercat meill ..."

3. An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: From the Reign of by William Alexander (1841)
"500 Act in favors of James Earle of Galloway for two yearly fairs and a weekly mercat at St Johns Clachan, . . 500 Act in favors of the Burgh of Dysart for ..."

4. Extracts from the Council Register of the Burgh of Aberdeen by Aberdeen (Scotland) (1872)
"... of suche goods as sall be brocht in or presentit to the mercat upon any ... act of parliament with thir presentis to be published at the mercat croce of ..."

5. Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland by Robert Pitcairn (1833)
"... the faid Williame Douglas to be tañe to the mercat- croce of Edinburgh, ... the faid Williame to be hangit at the mercat-croce ..."

6. Criminal Trials in Scotland: From A.D. 1488 to A.D. 1624, Embracing the by Robert Pitcairne (1833)
"... the faid Williame Douglas to be tañe to the mercat- croce of Edinburgh, ... the faid Williame to be hangit at the mercat-croce ..."

7. The Herring: Its Natural History and National Importance by John Mitchell Mitchell (1864)
"... it is statute and ordained that na maner of person to burgh nor to lande, bye ony maner of fische in mercat nor other places, to packe or peile, ..."

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