Merrimac
[mer-uh-mak]
- a warship (originally the Union steamer Merrimack) that the Confederates converted into an ironclad, renamed the Virginia, and used against the Monitor in 1862 in the first battle between ironclads.
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It is about two miles from the junction of the Powow River with the Merrimac.
The Works of Whittier, Volume I (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
When we came to the Merrimac, we found it a great and broad stream.
The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
I have taken the liberty to give as a title for it "The Plaint of the Merrimac."
Whittier-landSamuel T. Pickard
Merrimac is worthy a place in collections for the sake of variety.
Manual of American Grape-GrowingU. P. Hedrick
Evidently the Merrimac would return the compliment every time.
The Monitor and the MerrimacJ. L. Worden et al.