4. A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor. The Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. 2 Cor. i. 3. Mercy seat (Bib.), the golden cover or lid of the Ark of the Covenant. See Ark, 2. — Sisters of Mercy (R. C. Ch.),a religious order founded in Dublin in the year 1827. Communities of the same name have since been established in various American cities. The duties of those belonging to the order are, to attend lying-in hospitals, to superintend the education of girls, and protect decent women out of employment, to visit prisoners and the sick, and to attend persons condemned to death. — To be at the mercy of, to be wholly in the power of.
Syn.
— See Grace.
MERD
Merd, n. Etym: [F. merde, L. merda.]
Defn: Ordure; dung. [Obs.] Burton.
-MERE -mere. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere, epimere.
MERE Mere, n. Etym: [Written also mar.] Etym: [OE. mere, AS. mere mere, sea; akin to D. meer lake, OS. meri sea, OHG. meri, mari, G. meer, Icel. marr, Goth. marei, Russ. more, W. mor, Ir. & Gael. muir, L. mare, and perh. to L. mori to die, and meaning originally, that which is dead, a waste. Cf. Mortal, Marine, Marsh, Mermaid, Moor.]
Defn: A pool or lake. Drayton. Tennyson.
MERE Mere, n. Etym: [Written also meer and mear.] Etym: [AS. gemære. sq. root269.]
Defn: A boundary. Bacon.