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Mear vs Mead - What's the difference?

mear | mead |

As a noun mear

is finger, toe.

As a proper noun mead is

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mear

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • ("boundary").

    • See also

    * (l) (Webster 1913) ----

    mead

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) mede, from (etyl) medu, from (etyl) ‘honey; honey wine’.

    Alternative forms

    * meath, meathe, meeth (all obsolete)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
  • (US) A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.
    • Derived terms
    * mead-bench * meadery

    See also

    * ambrosia noun * ("mead" on Wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . Cognate with West Frisian miede, Low German Meed, (Mede).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic) A meadow.
  • * 1848 , , In Memoriam , 28:
    • Four voices of four hamlets round, / From far and near, on mead and moor, / Swell out and fail, as if a door / Were shut between me and the sound [...].
  • * 1920 , :
    • There ran little streams over bright pebbles, dividing meads of green and gardens of many hues, [...].

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