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meril, merel or merell /merˈəl/ noun- A counter used in the game of merils
- (in pl) a rustic game played by two people with counters on a figure marked on the ground, a board, etc, consisting of three squares, one within another, the object to get three counters in a row at the intersection of the lines joining the corners and the mid-points of the sides (also marls, marrˈels, morˈals, morrˈis or mirˈacles)
ORIGIN: [OFr merel counter] fivepenny morris The game as played with five pieces each ninepenny morris or nine men's morris - The game as played with nine pieces each
- The figure cut in the ground for the game (Shakespeare)
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