Definition of "mer" []

• An abbreviation of meridian.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "French language began when she discovered that "mer," the French word for "sea" was pronounced the same as "mére," mother."
• "The sun glare on the water made my eyes ache, while I was suffering more than half a touch of mal de mer from the antic conduct of the outrigger on the blobby sea."
• "I avoided going by the famous Mer Call'd Martin mer that as ye proverb sayes has parted many a man and his mare – indeed it being neare evening and not getting a Guide I was a little afraid to go that way it being very hazardous for Strangers to passe by it."