"merestake" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English merestake, equivalent to mere (“boundary”) + stake.",
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          "text": "The jury order both parties to occupy the ground in the Fence set out by them and marked by merestakes.",
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        "A pollard or tree standing as a mark or boundary for the division of parts or parcels in a grove, thicket, or woods."
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          "boundary",
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          "grove",
          "grove"
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          "thicket",
          "thicket"
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          "woods",
          "woods"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "meretree"
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  "word": "merestake"
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