Definition of Meresmen

1. Noun. (plural of meresman) ¹

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Definition of Meresmen

1. meresman [n] - See also: meresman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meresmen

merely
merenchyma
merengue
merengues
merenskyite
mereological
mereology
mereotopologies
mereotopology
mereprine
merer
meres
merese
mereses
meresman
meresmen (current term)
merest
merestead
meresteads
merestone
merestones
mereswine
mereswines
merethoxylline procaine
meretriciously
meretriciousness
merfather
merfolk
merfolks

Literary usage of Meresmen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1867)
"... shillin' a year for't,—the meresmen said as how it werena much above three acre. The old mare can git with the cart as far as the gate. ..."

2. Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity (1865)
"... List of Registrars' Districts, Population Returns, 1851, Clerk of the Peace, meresmen for the Parish, Modern Divisions of County, List of Benefices. ..."

3. The History of the Survey of Ireland: Commonly Called the Down Survey, A.D by Sir William Petty, Thomas Aiskew Larcom (1851)
"The eighth section provides that the meresmen should, as far as possible, be those employed by the Civil Survey Commissioners. If it had been practicable, ..."

4. Aide-mémoire to the Military Sciences: Framed from Contributions of Officers by Great Britain Army. Royal Engineers (1862)
"When there is a disagreement as to the right direction of the boundary line, which disagreement cannot be adjusted on the ground by the umpires or meresmen, ..."

5. The Church Rambler: A Series of Articles on the Churches in the Neighborhood by Harold Lewis (1876)
"... Moer-hyl—the boundary hill, from the same root as the name of the meresmen, who are summoned to examine and correct the work of the Ordnance surveyors. ..."

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