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Mer*ca"tor's chart" (?). See under Chart, and
see Mercator's projection, under Projection.

Mer"ca*ture (?; 135), n. [L.
mercatura commerce.] Commerce; traffic; trade.
[Obs.]

Merce (?), v. t. [See Amerce.]
To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce.
[Obs.]

||Mer`ce*na"ri*a (?), n. [NL. See
Mercenary.] (Zoöl.) The quahog.

Mer`ce*na"ri*an (-an), n. A
mercenary. [Obs.]

Mer"ce*na`ri*ly (?), adv. In a
mercenary manner.

Mer"ce*na*ri*ness, n. The quality
or state of being mercenary; venality. Boyle.

Mer"ce*na*ry (?), a. [OE.
mercenarie, F. mercenaire, fr. L. mercenarius,
fr. merces wages, reward. See Mercy.]
1. Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid;
hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.

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