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Merse
1/ mɛrs; mɜːs /
noun
- the Mersea fertile lowland area of SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders, north of the Tweed
merse
2/ mɛrs; mɜːs /
noun
- low level ground by a river or shore, often alluvial and fertile
- a marsh
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Merse1
Old English merse marsh
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Example Sentences
Even in the fertile Merse there were parishes of which the minister received only from four to eight pounds sterling in cash.
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“I see him plainer than ever I did in the Merse,” said my master, looking up where the sun was bright in the west.
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That seaside resort is a mushroom beside Berwick of the Merse, standing on its dignity of many sieges.
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But it was not here that Hepburn fell; that was elsewhere in the Merse.
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To the Merse and to Allanbank there came word that the land was returning to his home.
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