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prettygoodwordmerestone (MEER-stohn) - n., a stone indicating a boundary.
Or a landmark in its original sense, something that marks someone's land. This is rare but still pops up occasionally, and goes back to Old English mǣrstān, where the mǣr, boundary, doesn't have much play in Modern English outside this compound. (The mere that's a lake is from a different Old English word.)
---L.
Or a landmark in its original sense, something that marks someone's land. This is rare but still pops up occasionally, and goes back to Old English mǣrstān, where the mǣr, boundary, doesn't have much play in Modern English outside this compound. (The mere that's a lake is from a different Old English word.)
---L.
