Merle (noun) (Scots) (archaic)
mu-rl
A blackbird
Late Middle English via Old French from Latin merula.
Example sentences
“The merle upon the branch.”
Sphygmograph (noun) sfig-mo-graf An instrument which produces a line recording the strength and rate of a person's pulse. (more…)
Tenebrosity (noun) ten-e-bros-it-ee The quality of being dark or shadowy. Late Middle English from Old French ténébrosité, from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae ‘darkness’. (more…)
Nostrification (noun) nos-trif-ik-ay-shun (rare) With reference to (especially central) European universities: the action or process of recognizing foreign degrees. Late 19th century. From post-classical Latin nostrificatio (frequently in Hungarian sources)…
Anarchism (noun) an-aak-iz-m Belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion. Mid 17th century from…
Affray (noun) af-ray An instance of group fighting in a public place that disturbs the peace. Middle English (in the general sense ‘disturbance, fray’): from Anglo-Norman French afrayer ‘disturb, startle’,…
Advect (verb) ad-vekt Transfer (heat or matter) by the flow of a fluid, especially horizontally in the atmosphere or the sea. (more…)
Pochade (noun) posh-ah-d A rough or hastily executed sketch; a blurred or indistinct picture. Also in extended use (chiefly Theatre). Mid 19th century. From French pochade a rough or hastily…
Inhumation (noun) (archaelogy) in-hoo-may-shun the act of being buried, of burying the dead. (more…)
Goom (noun) (Aus/En) goom (especially in Aboriginal English) methylated spirits or other cheap alcoholic liquor. 1960s perhaps from Gabi-gabi and other Aboriginal languages gung ‘water, alcohol’. (more…)