Webster's Dictionary 1913

5806

Muræna

‖Mu‐ræ″na (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of large eels of the family Murænidæ. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous...

5807

Murænoid

{ Mu‐ræ″noid, Mu‐re″noid } (?), a. [NL. Muræna, the generic name + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Muræna, or family Murænidæ.

5808

Murage

Mu″rage (?), n. [F., fr. murer to wall, fr. mur wall, L. murus. See Mure a wall.] A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.

5809

Mural

Mu″ral (?), a. [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See Mure a wall.] 1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadran...

5810

Murder

Mur″der (mûr″dẽr), n. [OE. morder, morther, AS. morðor, fr. morð murder; akin to D. moord, OS. morð, G., Dan., & Sw. mord, Icel. morð, Goth. maúrþr, OSlav. mrēti to die, Lith. m...

5811

Murder (2)

Mur″der, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Murdered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Murdering.] [OE. mortheren, murtheren, AS. myrðrian; akin to OHG. murdiren, Goth. maúrþrjan. See Murder, n.] 1. To kill ...

5812

Murderer

Mur″der‐er (mûr″dẽr‐ẽr), n. 1. One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.2. A small cannon, former...

5813

Murderess

Mur″der‐ess, n. A woman who commits murder.

5814

Murderment

Mur″der‐ment (?), n. Murder. Farfax.

5815

Murderous

Mur″der‐ous (?), a. Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder; bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous...

5816

Murdress

Mur″dress (?), n. A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.

5817

Mure

Mure (?), n. [L. murus; or F. mur, fr. L. murus. Cf. Munition.] A wall. Shak.

5818

Mure (2)

Mure, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mured (?).] [F. murer, L. murare. See Mure, n.] To inclose in walls; to wall; to immure; to shut up. Spenser.The five kings are mured in a cave. John. x...

5819

Murenger

Mu″ren‐ger (?), n. One who had charge of the wall of a town, or its repairs.

5820

Murex

‖Mu″rex (?), n.; pl.Murices (#). (Zoöl.) A genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequently spinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the rock shells. They...

5821

Murexan

Mu‐rex″an (?), n. [From Murexide.] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide, alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish, crystalline which turn...

5822

Murexide

Mu‐rex″ide (?), n. [L. murex the purple fish, purple.] (Chem.) A crystalline nitrogenous substance having a splendid dichroism, being green by reflected light and garnet-red by ...

5823

Murexoïn

Mu‐rex″o‐ïn (?), n.(Chem.) A complex nitrogenous compound obtained as a scarlet crystalline substance, and regarded as related to murexide.

5824

Muriate

Mu″ri‐ate (?), n. [See Muriatic.] (Chem.) A salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride; as, muriate of ammonia.☞ This term, as also the word muriatic, was formerly applied t...

5825

Muriated

Mu″ri‐a′ted (?), a. 1. Put in brine. Evelyn.2. (Chem.) Combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric acid.3. (Photog.) Prepared with chloride of silver through the agenc...

5826

Muriatic

Mu′ri‐at″ic (?), a. [L. muriaticus pickled, from muria brine: cf. F. muriatique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from chlorine, one of the constituent...

5827

Muriatiferous

Mu′ri‐a‐tif″er‐ous (?), a. [Muriatic + -ferous.] (Old Chem.) Producing muriatic substances or salt.

5828

Muricate

{ Mu″ri‐cate (?), Mu″ri‐ca′ted (?), } a. [L. muricatus, fr. murex a pointed rock or stone.] Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, ...

5829

Muricoid

Mu″ri‐coid (?), a. [Murex + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Murex, or family Muricidæ.

5830

Muriculate

Mu‐ric″u‐late (?), a. Minutely muricate.

5831

Muride

Mu″ride (?), n. [L. muria brine.] (Old Chem.) Bromine; — formerly so called from its being obtained from sea water.

5832

Muriform

Mu″ri‐form (?), a. [L. murus a wall + -form.] (Bot.) Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue.