Merry-Thought

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Merry-Thought
Author: Noah Webster

MER’RY-THOUGHT, n. The forked bone of a fowl’s breast, which boys and girls break by pulling each one side; the longest part broken betokening priority of marriage.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Merry-Thought," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 18, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CN79S36EK1MHZ5K.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Merry-Thought." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 18 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CN79S36EK1MHZ5K.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Merry-Thought' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 18 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CN79S36EK1MHZ5K.