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and a. Müton, P. L., vi. 382. merk4t, v. and n. merkett, n. Pope, E ay on Criticism, 1. 583. merkint (mėr'kin), n. [Perhaps dim. of OF. of false hair added to the natural hair. Hence -2. A mop used in cleaning cannon. merkyt, a. An obsolete form of murky1. 2. To deserve as a reward; earn by commend- merque, a tuft.] 1. A wig; a tuft or portion able action or conduct. So most noble Favours and Respects which I shall daily study to improve and merit. Howell, Letters, I. v. 34. A man at best is incapable of meriting anything from merl, n. God. 3t. To reward. The king will merit it with gifts. =Syn. 1 and 2. See desert2 , n. Chapman , Iliad, ix. 259. II. in trans. To acquire merit, benefit, or profit. See merle1 . South. Merlangus (mér-lang'gus), n. [NL. (ML. mer ling us ), And yet he bode them do it, and they were bounde to obay, and meryted and deserued by their obedience. Sir T. More, Works, p. 496. And if in my poor death fair France may merit , Give me a you sand blows. Beau , and Fl . Does Tertullian think they [the Christians] merited by not being willing to lose their lives in the quarrels of Infi Milton , Ans. to Salmasius. dels? meri tablet (mer'i-ta-bl), a. [ torious. plaud any merit able work. The people generally are very acceptive, and apt to apB. Jonson, Case is Altered, ii. 4. meritedly (mer'i-ted-li), adv. In accordance with merit; by merit; deservedly; worthily. merithal (mer'i-thal), n. [NL. merit hall us, 'Twere well to torture So meriting a traitor. B. Jonson, Sejanus, v. 10. merit mon gert (mer'it-mung" gėr), n . One who advocates the doctrine of human merit as en To walke and take the dewe by it was day, And heare the merle and mavise many one. Henrys on, Complaint of Creseide, 1. 24. Vernal Chaucer, whose fresh woods Throb thick with merle and mavis all the year. Lowell , Under the Willows. An obsolete form of marl1 . merle2t, n. merligoes, mirligoes (mer'li-gōz), n. ["Per- haps q. [as if] merrily go , because objects seem to dance before the eyes" (Jamie son).] Dizzi- ne ; vertigo. [Scotch.] My head 's sae dizzy with the mirligoes . Scott, Old Mortality, xxviii. merlin (mer'lin), n. [Early mod. E. also mer line, marlin, merlion , marlion , marly on ; marly on , merlyon (also erroneously merlinge ), esmerillon , emerillon , titling man to divine rewards, or who depends F. émerillon = Pr. esmerilho = Sp. esmerejon on merit for salvation: used in contempt. Like as these merit - mongers doe, which esteeme themselves after their merits. Latimer , Sermon, iii., On the Lord's Prayer. meritorious (mer-i-tō'ri-us), a. [In older use meritory, q. v.; = OF. meritoire , F. méritoire = Pr. merit or i = Sp. Pg. It. meri to rio , meri tori us , of or belonging to the earning of money, that earns money, merere , merer i , pp. merit us , earn: see merit . In the second sense, dependent more directly on merit .]..14. That earns money; hireling. B. Jonson .-2. Deserving of reward; worthy of praise or honor; po e ing merit. And meritorious shall that hand be call'd, Canonized and worshipp'd as a saint. Shak., K. John, iii. 1. 176. You fool'd the lawyer, And thought it meritorious to abuse him. Fletcher, Spanish Curate, v. 2. Meritorious cognition. See cognition. meritoriously (mer-i-tō'ri-us-li), adv. In a meritorious manner; in such a manner as to deserve reward.