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Merlin

noun

(Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor.

Small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry. Synonyms: Falco columbarius, pigeon hawk.

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"Merlin" Quotes from Famous Books

... she turned and spoke to him in French. "Do you not understand that caution is necessary? We must not be seen together. I will meet you at noon to-morrow in South Kensington Gardens. Adieu." She smiled upon him, and her glance had all the sweetness of that which Vivien bent on Merlin. "To the station!" she ...

— The King's Men - A Tale of To-morrow • Robert Grant, John Boyle O'Reilly, J. S. Dale, and John T.

... time to study either language or character; so, after a plain dinner at the Merlin's Head, the chief inn of the place, I set out for the purpose of seeing the newspaper proprietor. Fortified by a letter of introduction and some testimonials, I entered his shop,—he was a bookseller and ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, March, 1858 • Various

... told in that book the adventures of certain worthy knights and likewise how the magician Merlin was betrayed to his undoing ...

— The Story of the Champions of the Round Table • Howard Pyle

... rank was the poet—Merddin Wyllt—or "Merlin the Wild," who, wearing the chieftain's golden torc, fought at the battle of Arderydd, about A.D. 573, against Rhydderch Hael, that king of Alcluith or Dumbarton, who was the friend of St. Columba, and "the champion of the (Christian) ...

— Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 • James Y. Simpson

... perhaps than any, and still living and active—a complete Celtic nomenclature and a scarce-mingled Celtic population. These rugged and grey hills were once included in the boundaries of the Caledonian Forest. Merlin sat here below his apple-tree and lamented Gwendolen; here spoke with Kentigern; here fell into his enchanted trance. And the legend of his slumber seems to body forth the story of that Celtic race, deprived for so many centuries of their authentic speech, surviving with their ...

— Lay Morals • Robert Louis Stevenson

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