mering

British

/ ˈmɪərɪŋ /

noun

1. another word for mere 3
2. ( as modifier )
  
  the mering wall

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Etymology

Origin of mering

C16: from _mere ³

Example Sentences

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There were shim mering, post-Webern instrumental sonorities, crackling percussion, taped voices, and electronic twittering and rumbling�all interspersed with theatrical episodes such as a bearded man bouncing on a trampoline under flickering strobe lights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shim mering gold-and-pearl-embroidered lace swathed the noble bodice, gold and pearl paillettes festooned the ample skirt.

From Time Magazine Archive

In each room, peoples are painting or cleaning or ham- mering, and there is much clanging and banging and whooping.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech

It's little temptation there was for my poor beasts to ask to cross the mering.

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various

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