merchandizert (merchandizer)

A dealer in merchandise; a merchant; a trafficker; a trader. That which did not a little amuse the merchandizers . Bunyan , Pilgrim's Progre , i. merchandizingt (mèr'chan-di-zing), n . cantile busine . Mer When I went Home, my antient Father began to pre me earnestly to enter into some Course of Life that might make some Addition to what I had; and after long Consultation Merchandizing was what I took to. N. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, I. 348. merchandryt, n. An obsolete variant of merchantry. merchant (merchant), n. and a. [Early mod. E. also merchaunt, march ant, march aunt, mar chand; IMG:content-0487.png:[blocks in formation] 3t. A merchant ship or ve el; a merchant merchant hood (merchant-hud), n . The occu man. The masters of some merchant . Shak., Tempest, ii. 1. 5. Convoy ships accompany their merchants till they may prosecute the rest of their voyage without danger. Dryden , Parallel of Poetry and Painting. 4. A shop-keeper or store-keeper. [Scotland, and generally throughout the U. S.]-5t. A fellow; a chap. [Familiar.] The crafty merchant (what-ever he be) that will set brother against brother meaneth to destroy them both. Latimer , Sermons, p. 115, b. ( Nares .) I pray you, sir, what saucy merchant was this that was so full of his ropery? Shak., R. and J., ii. 4. 153. Custom of merchants. See custom. - Forwarding merchant. See forwarding .-Hong merchants. See hong2 .-Merchant of the staplet, a merchant who dealt in or exported staple commodities-that is, wool, wool-fels, and leather. See staple . - Merchants' Court. See court . Merchant's mark, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, a device used on a seal and in similar ways by a merchant or dealer: often consisting of a cipher of the letters of his name, often of a selected badge, and not often heraldic in character. II. a . 1. Relating to trade or commerce; commercial: as, the law merchant . See law1 . Sir Peter. Yes, madam, I would have law merchant for them too. Sheridan , School for Scandal, ii. 2. The merchant flag is without the Royal arms, and has a narrow yellow stripe at the top and bottom of the flag outside the two red bars. Preble, Hist. of the Flag, p. 92. 2. Pertaining to merchants; belonging to the mercantile cla ; engaged or used in trade or commerce. Up amang the merchant geir [merchandise], They were as busy as we were down. Raid of the Reid swire (Child's Ballads, VI. 136). Merchant Adventurers. See adventurer . - Merchant bar, merchant iron, an iron bar which has been finished by pa ing through the merchant rolls. Puddled bars (see puddle ) are worked into merchant iron or merchant bar by being cut into pieces of suitable length, which are then piled in packets, heated to a welding-heat, and then hammered and rolled, or rolled without hammering, into bars of suitable shape to be put upon the market. The amount of labor bestowed on this proce depends on the quality of the iron it is desired to produce. Puddled bars which have been rolled a second time are called "No. 2," and this is what is usually designated as merchant bar. It is the lowest quality of iron available for the general smith's use. If piled and rolled again, the product is called "No. 3." Another repetition of the proce furnishes an article known as "best-best," and still another gives "treble best."- Merchant captain or seaman, a captain or seaman employed in the merchant service. - Merchant prince, a merchant of great wealth. Many of the merchant - princes of Lombard Street and Corn hill. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xv. Merchant rolls, the rolls of a rolling-mill which turn out merchant bars. - Merchant service, the mercantile pation of a merchant. IMG:content-0488.png:[blocks in formation] The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking goodly pearls. Mat. xiii. 45. The craftsman, or merchantman , teacheth his prentice to lie, and to utter his wares with lying and forswearing. Latimer . 2. A ship employed in the transportation of goods, as distinguished from a ship of war; a trading ve el. Likewise had he served a year On board a merchantman , and made himself Full sailor. Tennyson, Enoch Arden. merchantry (merchant-ri), n. [Formerly also merch an dry ; merchant + -ry.] 1. The busine of a merchant. I wish human wit, which is really very considerable in mechanics and merchantry , could devise some method of cultivating canes and making sugar without the manual labour of the human species. Walpole, Letters, iv. 482. (Davies.) 2. The body of merchants taken collectively: as, the merchantry of a country. merc i ablet (mèr ́si-a-bl), a. [ That of his mercy God so merciable On us his grete mercy multi plie. Chaucer, Priore 's Tale, 1. 236. To us alle bee merciable , And forzeue us alle oure mysdede. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 100. merciamentt (mèr'si-a-ment), n. [ mer cia mentum, merc i are , fix a fine: see amerce , amercement. Cf. merciment.] Amercement. Takynge of merceamentys otherwyse then the lawe them Fabyan , Chron., an. 1258. commaundyd. Mercian (mer's ian), a . and n. [ Mercia (see def.) ( Mirce , Merce , Mierce, Myrce , pl., the Mercians, Mercia) + -ian.] I. a . Of or pertaining to Mercia, an ancient kingdom in the central part of England, extending westward to the Welsh border. It reached its greatest height in the seventh and eighth centuries. II. n. A native or an inhabitant of ancient Mercia. merciful (mer'si-fül), a. [ mercyful ; marine; sea. Merchant in trading. - Merchant tailor, a trading tailor; a tailor who furnishes the materials for the clothes that he makes. = It. mercante, a trader, merchant, Thidre come the Marchauntes with Marchandise be See, from Yndee, Persee, Caldee, Ermonye, and of many othere Mandeville , Travels, p. 122. Kyngdomes. Ye merchauntes that vse the trade of merchandise," Vse law full wares and reasonable prise. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 354. A merchant of or in an article is one who buys and sells it, and not the manufacturer selling it. A wine grower is not a wine merchant ; even a wine importer is not called a wine merchant , but a wine importer. Lord Bramwell , Law Rep., 7 Ex. 127. Here shall be his Belgravia for his grandees, and this his Cheap side and his Lombard Street for the merchants and bankers. A. Trollope , South Africa, II. 69. 21. A supercargo; the person in charge of the busine affairs of a trading expedition. He anchored in the road with one ship of small burden; and, pretending the death of his merchant, besought the French, being some thirty in number, that they might bury Raleigh (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 16). This yere [xix. of Henry VII.] the taylours sewyd to the Kynge to be callyd March ant Taylours ; whereupon a grete grudge rose amonge dyuers craftys in the cyte agaynst Arnold's Chronicle , p. xlii. them. Merchant train, in metal - working, a set of rolls having a series of grooves, decreasing progre ively, for reducing iron puddle-bars to the sizes and shapes known as mer chant bar. - Merchant Venturert, a Merchant Adventurer. See adventurer. - Merchant ve el, a merchant ship. Lo, how our March ant-ve els to and fro Freely about our trade-full waters go. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Handy-Crafts. merchantt (merchant), v. i. [Formerly also merch and , march and ; OF.march an der , F. mar chander , trade, march and , a trader: see mer chant , n.] To trade; buy or sell; deal; barter; traffic; negotiate. His wyfe had rather march ant with you. Berners, tr. of Froi art's Chron., II. cxxix. And [Ferdinando] marc handed at this time with France, for the restoring of the counties of Ru ignon and Perpignian, oppignorated to the French, Bacon, Hen. VII., p. 99. merchantable (mer'chan-ta-bl), a . [ merchant , v., + -able .] 1. Suit able for trade or sale; salable. Ther wyves hath ben merch and a bull , And of ther ware com pen a bull. And the publican God be merciful to me a sinner. smote upon his breast, saying, Luke xviii. 13. I shall both find your lordship judge and juror, You are so merciful . Shak., Hen. VIII., v. 3. 61. You are a merciful creditor. God send me always to deal with such chapmen! The Great Frost (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 88). 2. Characterized by mercy; manifesting clemency or compa ion; giving relief from danger, need, or suffering. Virtues which are merciful , nor weave Snares for the failing. Byron, Childe Harold, iii. 114. =Syn. Humane, Merciful (see humane ), lenient, mild, tender-hearted. mercifully (mer'si-ful-i), adv. In a merciful manner; with compa ion or pity; in mercy; tenderly; mildly: as, mercifully spared. Good Kate, mock me mercifully . Shak., Hen. V., v. 2. 214. All persons vnjustly exil'd by Nero... he mercifully restored againe to their country and honour. Sir H. Savile , tr. of Tacitus, p. 11. mercifulne (mer'si-ful-nes), n . The quality of being merciful; tenderne toward the faults or needs of others; readine to forgive offense or relieve suffering. The Horn of King Arthur (Child's Ballads, I. 21). mercifyt, v. t. [ Verses are grown such merchantable ware That now for sonnets sellers are the buyers. Sir J. Haring ton, Epigrams, i. 40. 2. Specifically, inferior to the best or "selected" quality, but sufficiently good for ordinary purposes: as, merchantable wheat or timber.3. The highest of the three grades into which codfish that have been salted, washed, and dried are sorted. [Newfoundland.] merchant-bar, merchant-iron. See merchant bar, under merchant, a. Many did deride, Whilest she did weepe, of no man mercifide . Spenser , F. Q., VI. vii. 32. mercile (mér'si-les), a. [ -le .] 1. Destitute of mercy; unfeeling; pitile ; hard-hearted; cruel; relentle ; unsparing: as, a mercile tyrant. The foe is mercile , and will not pity; For at their hands I have deserved no pity. Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 6. 25. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 16. She was mercile in exacting retribution. IMG:content-0489.png:[blocks in formation]