"mear" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /mɪ(ɹ)/ [General-American] Forms: mears [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mear (plural mears)
  1. Alternative form of mere (“boundary”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mere (extra: boundary) Related terms: mere
    Sense id: en-mear-en-noun-k0hp71J9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, West Frisian determiners, West Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 20 19 2 6 0 1 2 20 1 1 1 12 14 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 16 1 7 0 1 1 18 1 1 1 15 19 0 Disambiguation of West Frisian determiners: 6 12 6 12 3 5 5 5 0 0 3 20 22 0 Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 9 12 5 11 1 3 5 10 1 1 4 18 21 0

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
          "text": "So huge a mind could not in lesser rest,\nNe in small mears contain his glory great",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/mɪ(ɹ)/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
    },
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    "West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
    "West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
    "West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
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      ],
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