Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stone to mark a boundary.
- noun Figuratively, a limit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stone designating alimit orboundary ; alandmark .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab
Etymologies
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mere + stone?
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Examples
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Therefore the stunted old oak on the verge -- the moss-grown merestone by the pond marked the limit -- was so favourite a perching-place.
The Amateur Poacher Richard Jefferies 1867
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By the pond stood a low three-sided merestone or landmark, the initials on which were hidden under moss.
The Amateur Poacher Richard Jefferies 1867
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