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Definition of Merles
1. merle [n] - See also: merle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merles
Literary usage of Merles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"the confessor hastily inquired ; and then he got for an answer the phrase which
has passed into a proverb, *' A d'autres, dénicheur de merles ! ..."
2. De la Chine: Ou Description Générale de Cet Empire, Rédigée D'après Les by Jean-Baptiste Grosier (1819)
"... sont d'un rouge obscur et foncé. La longueur ;le l'oiseau est de neuf pouces,
et il pèse à peu près sept onces et demie. § III. — merles de la Chine. ..."
3. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1841)
"... the sum of 600 merles, being the compensation allowed to patrons by Act 1690, c.
23, for the right of patronage of which it deprived them. ..."
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