Mer"ger (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, merges.
2. (Law) An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or
of a minor offense in a greater.
Mer"i*carp (?), n. [Gr. me`ros a part + karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) One
carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp.
Mer"ide (? or ?), n. [Gr. &?; a part.] (Biol.) A permanent colony of
cells or plastids which may remain isolated, like Rotifer, or may
multiply by gemmation to form higher aggregates, termed zoides.
Perrier.
Me*rid"i*an (?), a. [F. méridien, L. meridianus pertaining to noon, fr.
meridies noon, midday, for older medidies; medius mid, middle + dies
day. See Mid, and Diurnal.] 1. Being at, or pertaining to, midday;
belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun
in his diurnal course. "Meridian hour." Milton.
Tables . . . to find the altitude meridian.
Chaucer.
2. Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian
splendor.