merdt (merd)

[Also mard; If after thou of garlike stronge The savour wilt expell, A mard is sure the onely meane To put away the smell. Kendall's Flowers of Epigram mes (1577). ( Nares . ) Haire o' th' head, burnt clouts, chalk, merds , and clay. B. Jonson, Alchemist, ii. 1. Merdivoræ (mėr-div'ō-rē), n. pl. [NL., fem. pl. of merdivorus: see merdivorous.] A group of dipterous insects which feed upon dung.