These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Merry England, Merseburg, Merton College.
a popular epithet applied to England. In early English the word merry meant pleasant, delightful, and was of common occurrence in such expressions as "a merry gale," "merry weather," "the merry month of May."
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a town of Prussia on the Saale. Henry the Fowler in 934 gained his great victory over the Hungarians near Merseburg, which suffered much in the Peasants' War and in the Thirty Years' War. Pop. about 23,000.
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or TYDFIL (so called from the martyrdom here of a Welsh princess of that name), a parliamentary borough and markettown of south Wales, on the confines of the counties of Glamorgan and Brecknock, 24 miles N. by W. of Cardiff, its port, and 178 W. of London. Pop. about 85,000.
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the oldest college in Oxford of its type and all secular colleges later established in Oxford and Cambridge were modeled after it. It was founded by Walter de Merton in 1263 as the House of Scholars of Merton. The endowment consisted of the founder's manor-house and estate at Malden, Surrey, the income going to the support of scholars at Oxford. Between 1264-74 the scholars were moved from the rented premises to Merton Hall, purchased by the founder. The college buildings have undergone many changes since first established, but the 13th century parts are among the most interestarchitectural examples in Oxford. ing ing The chapel, of cathedral size, though without transepts, is still uncompleted.
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in Hindu mythology, a fabulous mountain in the center of the world, 80,000 leagues high. It is the most sacred of all mythical mountains, and the abode of Vishnu.
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an oasis in central Asia, N. of Afghanistan, forming a part of the former Russian Transcaspian province. In 1815 the oasis was subjugated by the Khan of Khiva, to whom it remained tributary for about 20 years. Subsequently Persia attempted to make good the claims which it had long laid to this district, and in 1860 fitted out an expedition for the purpose, which, however, miscarried completely. In 1881 General Russian expedition Skobeleff led a against the Teke-Turcomans, captured their stronghold of Geok Tepe, and received the submission of the people of Merv. It was annexed by Russia in 1884. Pop. about 120,000.
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SAMUEL, editor and author; born in Evanston, Ill., 1874; educated at the Northwestern University. Became associate editor of the "Success Magazine" in 1905, and for this magazine traveled in China in 1907 to study the opium question. His first book in collaboration with H. K. Webster, "The Short Line War," appeared in 1899. His other works include: "Calumet K." (also with H. K. Webster), "The Road to Front Frontenac," "The Whip Hand," "His Little World," "The Merry_Anne," "The Road Builders," "Comrade John," "Drugging a Nation," "The Citadel," "The Charmed Life of Miss Austin," "Anthony the Absolute," "The Honey Bee," "The Trufflers," "Temperamental Henry." MERWINGS. See MEROVINGIANS.
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a companion-in-arms of William the Conqueror. The son of Roger was banished the kingdom in the reign of Henry I., and one of his descendants was created Earl of Eglinton by James IV. of Scotland, 1502. GABRIEL DE MONTGOMERY, a member of this family, had the misfortune to wound Henry II. in a tournament, of which the king died, 1559. He afterward distinguished himself in the religious wars of France, and was beheaded by order of Catherine de Medici, in 1574.
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a high plane or table-land; more especially a table-land of small extent rising abruptly from a surrounding plain; a term frequently used in that bordering on part of the United States Mexico.
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a peculiar plateau in the southwest corner of Colorado, on the right bank of the Mancos river, 15 miles in length and about 8 wide. Its base is from 300 to 500 feet above the floor of the valley, while its sheer walls MESEMBRYACEÆ of yellow sandstone rise another 200 or 300 feet higher. On the green, level top and around the base are found the ruins of the ancient aborigines, es, known as cliff dwellings. The Mesa Verde is a point of great attraction to tourists. MESEMBRYACEÆ (-bri-ā'se-ē), an order of perigynous exogens, alliance Ficoidales. It consists of ' succulent shrubs or herbs, with opposite simple leaves. The flowers are terminal, though so short-stalked as to appear lateral; they are showy, and generally open under the influence of sunshine, closing on its departure. Petals in many rows. Stamens indefinite in number; ovary inferior or nearly superior, many or onecelled. Stigmas numerous, distinct, ovules indefinite, attached to a central placenta. Fruit capsular, surrounded by the fleshy calyx opening in a stellate manner at the apex, or splitting at the base. Found chiefly on the hot, sandy plains of south Africa. A few grow in the N. of Africa, in the S. of Europe, in Asia, the islands of the Pacific, and South America. Known genera, 16; species upward of 400.
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MESHED, or MASH- HAD (the "place of martyrdom"), a city of Persia, capital of Khorasan, and the center of important trade routes to Merv, Bokhara, and elsewhere, situated on a tributary of the Hari-Rud, 200 miles N. W. of Herat, and 460 E. by N. of Teheran; manufactures felt-rugs, carpets, swords, turquoise jewelry, and velvet, cotton, and silk goods. Imam Riza, a follower of Ali, was the 8th imam of the Shiite sect, to which body of Moslems Meshhed is a sacred city. The climate is severe in winter, owing to the elevation, 3,055 feet. In summer the temperature ranges from 76° to 90°F. Near by are the ruins of Tas, the old capital of Khorasan, in which were buried Firdousi, the celebrated poet, Haroun-el-Raschid, the Sultan of the " "Arabian Nights," and the Imam Riza. Pop. about 60,000.
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an ancient Roman province, divided by the river Cibrus (Zibritza) into two parts, the E. corresponding to the present Bulgaria, and the W. (Mesia Superior) to Servia. Its original inhabitants were mostly of Thracian race. From the 5th to the 7th century western Mesia was colonized by the Slav races which still occupy it, and eastern Mesia by the Bulgarians.
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