merrythought
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈmɛɹɪθɔːt/
Noun

merrythought (plural merrythoughts)

  1. (archaic) The furcula or wishbone.
    • 1688, Randle Holme, The Academy of Armory, Chester, Book 2, Chapter 13, p. 307,
      All Birds want the Channel-bones in the Breast, instead whereof they have a bone, which we call the Merry thought.



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