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Meru

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A fabulous mountain in the centre of the world, 80,000 leagues high, the abode of Vishnu, and a perfect paradise. It may be termed the Indian Olympos.

 

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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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Merry Men (My)
Merry Men of Mey
Merry Monarch
Merry-thought
Merry as a Cricket, or as a Lark, or as a Grig
Merse
Mersenne
Merton (Tommy)
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Meru
Merveilleuse
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Mess = 4
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Metalogicus
Metals
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