merIcarp

[Gr. meris =a part, and karpos =fruit.] IMG:content-1120.png:[blocks in formation] "Out of the mouth of a meridian villain." -North : Ex amen, p. 186. II. Geol.: Noon-day; in allusion to the mid-day date of the strata to which it is applied. A term appropriated to certain middle formations of the Appal a chi an Paleozoic system, which are called in the New York Survey the Oriskany Sandstone, and which appear to be on the horizon of the Lower Ludlow rocks of England. The greatest thickne of this sandstone is le than 200 feet. Its distinctive fo ils are large brachiopod ous bivalves. ( Prof. H. D. Rogers: Geology of Pennsylvania .) B. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: (1) Mid-day; noon-day. (2) In the same sense as II. 2. 2. Figuratively: meridian-circle, s. 1. A transit instrument with a graduated circle securely fastened at right angles to the horizontal axis and turning with it. 2. The altitude circle of a globe. meridian-distance, meridional-distance, s. [DEPARTURE, 8., II. 2.]