mercat
/ (ˈmɛrkət) /
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noun
a Scot word for market
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How to use mercat in a sentence
At the intersection were the Mercat Cross and the Tolbooth, prison and council chamber in one.
Camden, writing about this time, was able to describe it as “proper little mercat towne.”
Summer Days in Shakespeare Land|Charles G. HarperOnly the worn pedestal of its "mercat-cross" and a lone kirkyard have been left to tell the tale.
In the Border Country|W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett