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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mûr'dress, n. p. 868(Fort.) A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through. [Obs.]Mûre, n. p. 868A wall. [Obs.] Shak.Mûre, v. t. p. 868To inclose in walls; to wall; to immure.Mū'ren-ger, n. p. 868One who oversees a wall.Mū'rex, n. p. 868(Zoöl.) A genus of marine, carnivorous mollusca.Mu-rĕx'an, n. p. 868(Chem.) Purpuric acid produced by the decomposition of murexide. Craig.Mu-rĕx'ide, n. p. 868(Chem.) Purpurate of ammonia.Mū'ri-a-çīte, n. p. 868(Min.) A variety of anhydrite crystallized in broad lamellæ. Dana.Mū'ri-ate, n. p. 868(Chem.) A compound formed by the union of muriatic acid with a base. ☞ The term was formerly applied to the chlorides before their true composition was understood, and while they were erroneously…Mū'ri-ā'ted, a. p. 868Combined or impregnated with muriatic acid. 2. Put in brine. 3. (Photog.) Prepared with chloride of silver through the agency of common salt.Mū'ri-āt'ic, a. p. 868(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, sea-salt.Muriatic acid p. 868an acid consisting of one equivalent of hydrogen and one of chlorine; hydrochloric acid;—formerly called also marine acid, and spirit of salt.Mū'ri-a-tĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 868Producing muriatic substances or salt.Mū'ri-cāl'çite, n. p. 868(Min.) Rhomb-spar.Mū'ri-cāte or Mū'ri-cā'ted, a. p. 868Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or prickles. 2. (Bot.) Having the surface covered with sharp points, or armed with prickles.Mû'rîçîte, n. p. 868(Paleon.) Fossil remains of shells of the genus Murex.Mû'rîde, n. p. 868(Chem.) Bromine;— formerly so called from its being obtained from sea-water.Mū'ri-fōrm, a. p. 868(Bot.) Resembling, in squareness and regular arrangement, courses of bricks or stones; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue.Mū'rīne, a. p. 868Pertaining to a mouse, or to mice; mouse-colored.Mū'rĭne, n. p. 868(Zoöl.) One of a tribe of rodents, of which the mouse is the type.Mûrk, n. p. 868Darkness. [Obs.] Shak.Mûrk, a. p. 868Dark; murky; gloomy. He can not see through the mantle murk. Drake.Mûrk, n. p. 868The refuse, as of fruit, &c., after the juice has been expressed.Mürk'-il-y, adv. p. 868Darkly; gloomily.Mûrk'y, a. p. 868Dark; obscure; gloomy. A murky storm deep lowering o'er our heads. Addison.Mûr'mur, n. p. 868A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water. Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. Pope. 2. A complaint half suppressed, or…Mûr'mur, v. i. p. 868To make a low, continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, rolling waves, or the wind in a forest. “The murmuring surge.” Shak. 2. To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice…Mûr'mur-ā'tion, n. p. 868Act of murmuring; murmur.Mûr'mur-er, n. p. 868One who murmurs.Mûr'mur-ing-ly, adv. p. 868With a low sound; with complaints.Mûr'mur-oûs, a. p. 868Attended with murmurs; exciting murmur or complaint; murmuring.Mūr'ni-val, n. p. 868Four cards of a sort, as four aces, four kings, and the like;—a term used in the game of gleek. [Obs.] Nares.Mūrr, n. p. 868A catarrh. [Obs.] Gascoigne.Mūr'rain, n. p. 868An infectious and fatal disease among cattle.Mür'rain, a. p. 868Having, or afflicted with, murrain.Mūr're, n. p. 868A bird; the auk. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Mūr'rey, n. p. 868Of a dark-red color. [Obs.] Bacon. Boyle.Mūr'rhīne (-rīn) or Mār'rhīne (-rīn), a. p. 868Pertaining 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…Mūr'ri-on, n. p. 868A helmet; a morion. See MORION.Mūrth, n. p. 868Plenty; abundance. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Mûr'ther, n. & v. p. 868Murder. [Obs.] See MURDER.Mūr'ză, n. p. 868The hereditary nobility among the Tartars. ☞ This word must not be confounded with the Persian Mirza, though it is of the same origin.Mūs, n. p. 868(Zoöl.) A genus of small rodent quadrupeds, including the mouse and rat.Mū'să, n. p. 868(Bot.) A genus of tropical plants, including the banana and plantain. Baird.Mu-sā'ceoŭs, a. p. 868(Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of an order of which the genus Musa is the type.Mū'sal, a. p. 868Pertaining to the Muses, or to poetry. [Rare.]Mū'sar, n. p. 868An itinerant musician who played on the musette, formerly very common in Europe. See MUSETTE.Mū'sard, n. p. 868A dreamer; one who is apt to be absent in mind. [Obs.] Chaucer.Mūs'ca, n. p. 868(Entom.) A genus of dipterous insects including the common house-fly. 2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the pole.Mūs'ca-del or Mūs'ca-dine, n. p. 868A rich, spicy grape; also, the wine made from it. 2. A fragrant and delicious pear.Mūs'cal-lōnge, n. p. 868See MUSKALLONGE.Mūs'car-dīne, n. p. 868A disease which is very destructive to silk-worms, attended by the development of a fungus (Botrytis bassiana), and which sometimes extends to other insects; also, the fungus itself.Mūs-cā'ri, n. p. 868(Bot.) A genus of plants including the grape-hyacinth.Mus-cār'i-fōrm, a. p. 868Having the form of a brush.Mūs'cat or Mūs'ca-tel, n. p. 868The same as MUSCADEL.Muschel-kalk, n. p. 868(Geol.) A kind of shell limestone, whose strata belong to the new red sandstone formation. Mantell.Mūs'ci, n. pl. p. 868(Bot.) An order of cryptogamous plants; the mosses.Mŭs'çle, n. p. 868(Anat.) An organ of motion in animal bodies. ☞ Muscles are of two kinds, the voluntary and the involuntary. The former are composed of bundles of parallel, delicate fibers, cylindrical, of a natural…Mŭs'çled, a. p. 869Furnished with muscles.Mŭs'çling, n. p. 869(Fine Arts.) Exhibition or representation of the muscles. [Rare.] A good piece, the painters say, must have good muscling, as well as coloring and drapery. Shaftesbury.