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  • Frozen in place by his horror and indecision, he watched glim - merings of light flash off the edges of the pincers as they descended, the frantic movements of the Elf's arms and legs as he struggled to break free, and the gouts of blood spurt from the severed neck.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • That the Corrib River may leave its merings and rise up out of its banks till the waves will rise like mountains over the town and smother it, with all that is left of its tribes!

    New Irish Comedies Lady Gregory 1892

  • _King: _ That wasn't so with the champion of the merings of Ulster.

    Three Wonder Plays Lady Gregory 1892

  • 'And the head said: "The men you saw in the first field used to be fighting when they were in life, because they had land near to one another, and they used to be for moving the merings, and now they have to be fighting with one another for ever and always.

    Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish Lady Gregory 1892

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