Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MYR-I-AM'E-TER
MYR-I-AM'E-TER, n. [Gr. μυρια, ten thousand, and μετρον, measure.]
In the new system of French measures, the length of ten thousand meters, equal to two mean leagues of the ancient measure. Lunier.
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