Mūr'rhīne (-rīn) or Mār'rhīne (-rīn), a.

a. [Lat. murrhinus, from murrha, a kind of stone of which costly vessels were made; Fr. murrhīn, It. murrīno.] Pertaining to, or made of, a kind of stone called murrha by the ancients;—said of certain vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine-cups, said to be made of variegated or onyx stone, or of fine porcelain, and having a reputed quality of breaking if poison was mixed with the liquor they contained. Fairholt.