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merestones

merestones is the plural of merestone.

Meaning of merestone

Noun

merestone (plural merestones)

  1. (England, historical, regional) A stone designating a limit or boundary; a boundary stone.
    • The mislayer of a merestone is to blame1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Judicature”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC

Questions about merestones

What is merestones the plural of?
Merestones is the plural of merestone.

Words near merestones in the dictionary

  1. merestake
  2. merestakes
  3. merestead
  4. meresteads
  5. merestone
  6. merestones
  7. mereswine
  8. mereswines
  9. meretricious
  10. meretriciously
  11. meretriciousness

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