Merry

·noun A kind of wild red cherry.

II. Merry ·superl Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.

III. Merry ·superl Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, / merry jest.

IV. Merry ·superl Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.

Merry-andrew
·noun One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
chimping merry
Exhilarated with liquor. Chirping glass, a cheerful glass, that makes the company chirp like birds i...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
merry andrew
The jack pudding, jester, or zany of a mountebank, usually dressed in a party-coloured coat. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
merry-begotten
A bastard. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
merry dancers
The glancings and coruscations of the aurora borealis, or northern lights. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Merry-go-round
·noun Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; ·esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
merry a-se christian
A whore. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
merry men of may
Dangerous currents formed by the ebb-tides. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book