Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See merels.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A boy's play, called also fivepenny morris. See morris.

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  • noun An old children's game, fivepenny morris.

Etymologies

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French mérelle, marelle, marelles, Late Latin marella, marrella. Compare morris ("the game").

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