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merese.

A flat, sharp-edged button, often a disc-shaped knob, separating the stem of a drinking-glass from the foot.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A flat, sharp-edged button, often a disc-shaped knob, separating the stem of a drinking-glass from the foot.

Where this word comes from

Perhaps via French [Term?] (compare French mérèse (growth by cell division), mérisme (merismus, merism)), ultimately from Ancient Greek μερίζω (merízō), from μέρος (méros, “part”) + -ίζω (-ízō, “-ize”), from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros. First English attestation in 1923 on page 44 of Glass-making in England by Harry J. Powell.

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