merrow
merrow noun: a merman or mermaid in Scottish and Irish Gaelic folklore.
Noun
merrow (plural merrows)
- A merman or mermaid in Scottish and Irish Gaelic folklore.
- Many a strange sight, it may well be supposed, did Jack see, and many a strange sound did he hear, but nothing daunted him. So far was he from being afraid of Merrows, or such like beings, that the very first wish of his heart was fairly to meet with one. Jack had heard that they were mighty like...1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 528
Verb
merrow (third-person singular simple present merrows, present participle merrowing, simple past and past participle merrowed)
- To overlock.
Proper noun capitalized: Merrow
Merrow (countable and uncountable, plural Merrows)
Forms of merrow
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | merrows |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | merrows |
| present participle | merrowing |
| past participle | merrowed |
| past | merrowed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Merrows |
Origin of merrow
Hiberno-English, from Irish murúch (“mermaid”).
From the Welsh surname, from Meuric, Welsh form of Maurice.
Questions about merrow
- What does merrow mean?
- Merrow means a merman or mermaid in Scottish and Irish Gaelic folklore.
- What part of speech is merrow?
- Merrow can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of merrow?
- The plural of merrow is merrows.
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