"Merlin chair" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Named after its inventor, John Joseph Merlin (1735–1803).",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1797 September 19, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana:",
          "text": "She has a gay Turn, but Ill health has long confined her to a Merlin Chair, in wᶜʰ however She travels not incommodiously, and is wheeled about.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A type of early wheelchair, which the occupant propels by means of crank-handles in the armrests."
      ],
      "id": "en-Merlin_chair-en-noun-NI4IjxK5",
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        [
          "wheelchair",
          "wheelchair"
        ],
        [
          "crank",
          "crank"
        ],
        [
          "armrest",
          "armrest"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "John Joseph Merlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Merlin chair"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Named after its inventor, John Joseph Merlin (1735–1803).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Merlin chairs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1797 September 19, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana:",
          "text": "She has a gay Turn, but Ill health has long confined her to a Merlin Chair, in wᶜʰ however She travels not incommodiously, and is wheeled about.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A type of early wheelchair, which the occupant propels by means of crank-handles in the armrests."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wheelchair",
          "wheelchair"
        ],
        [
          "crank",
          "crank"
        ],
        [
          "armrest",
          "armrest"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "John Joseph Merlin"
      ]
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}