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Merian (French)

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A whiting, or a hairdresser. Perruquiers are so called because at one time they were covered with flour like whiting prepared for the frying-pan.

“Mʹadressant à un merlan qui filait une perruque sur un peigne de fer.”—Chateaubriand: Mémoires à Outre-Tombe.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Mercury
Mercury
Mercury Fig
Mercutio
Mercy
Meredith (Owen)
Meridian (A)
Merino Sheep
Merioneth
Merian (French)
Merlin
Merlin Chair (A)
Merlo or Melo (Juan de)
Mermaids
Mermaid’s Glove [Chalina oculata]
Mermaids Purses
Meropē
Merops Son or A son of Merops
Merovingian Dynasty
Merrie England