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mer'o-blast, n. (Physiol.) An ovum con- sisting of 2 portions, — one protoplasmic and germinal, forming the embryonic sac the other albuminous and nutritive, to support the embryo. [Gr. meros, a part, and blastos, a shoot.] Merry,meVri,a. [-rier,-riest.] Brisk; lively; stirring; noisily gay overflowing with good spirits cheerful causing laughter or mirth sprightly joyous sportive; pleasant. [AS. merg, Ir. and Ga. mear, fr. Ga. mir, to sport, play, mire, play, pastime; perh. mild.] — Mer'rily, -rMl, adv.— Mer'riment, n. Gayety, with laughter or noise; noisy sport; hilarity; frolic; jollity.— Mer'rine , n. — Mer'ry-an'drew.'/f. A buffoon zany esp. one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor. [Said to have originated fr. Andrew Boorde, a facetious Eng. physician in the time cf Henry VIII.] — -mak'ing, n. A festival a meeting for mirth. thought, n. The forked bone of a fowl's breast. which is broken in sport by 2 persons a wish-bone. Mersion. See under Merge.