Mur"mur, v. t. To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or
sounds; as, to murmur tales. Shak.
The people murmured such things concerning him.
John vii. 32.
Mur`mur*a"tion (?), n. [L. murmuratio.] The act of murmuring; a murmur.
[Obs.] Skelton.
Mur"mur*er (?), n. One who murmurs.
Mur"mur*ing, a. & n. Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining.
-- Mur"mur*ing*ly, adv.
Mur"mur*ous (?), a. [Cf. L. murmuriosus, OF. murmuros.] Attended with
murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint; murmuring. [Archaic or Poetic]
The lime, a summer home of murmurous wings.
Tennyson.
Mur"ni*val (?), n. [Perh. fr. F. mornifle a game at cards.] In the game
of gleek, four cards of the same value, as four aces or four kings;
hence, four of anything. [Obs.] [Written also mournival.]
Mur"phy (?), n. A potato. [Humorous] Thackeray.
Murr (?), n. [Prob. abbrev. from murrain.] A catarrh. [Obs.] Gascoigne.
Mur"rain (?), n. [OE. moreine, OF. morine, fr. OF. morir, murir, 8die,
L. mori, moriri.] (Far.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle.
Bacon.
A murrain on you, may you be afflicted with a pestilent disease. Shak.
Mur"rain, a. Having, or afflicted with, murrain.
Mur"ray*in (?), n. (Chem.) A glucoside found in the flowers of a plant
(Murraya exotica) of South Asia, and extracted as a white amorphous
slightly bitter substance.
Murre (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of sea birds of the
genus Uria, or Catarractes; a guillemot.
The murres are allied to the auks, and are abundant on the northern
coasts of Europe and America. They often breed in large communities on
the projecting ledges of precipituous cliffs, laying one or two large
eggs on the bare rocks.
Murre"let (?), n. [Murre + - let.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of
sea birds of the genera Synthliboramphus and Brachyramphus, inhabiting
the North Pacific. They are closely related to the murres.
Mur"rey (?), n. [OF. morée a dark red color, mor blackish brown, fr. L.
morum mulberry, blackberry, or fr. Maurus a Moor. Cf. Mulberry, Moor,
Morelle.] A dark red color. -- a. Of a dark red color. Bacon.
Mur"rhine (?), a. [L. murrhinus, fr. murrha: cf. F. murrhin.] Made of
the stone or material called by the Romans murrha; -- applied to
certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious
in Rome as wine cups; as, murrhine vases, cups, vessels.
Murrhine glass, glassware made in imitation of murrhine vases and cups.
Mur"ri*on (?), a. [See Murrain.] Infected with or killed by murrain.
[Obs.] Shak.
Mur"ri*on, n. A morion. See Morion.
Mur"ry (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Muræna.
Murth (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Plenty; abundance. [Obs. or Prov.
Eng.]
Mur"ther (?), n. & v. Murder, n. & v. [Obs. or Prov.] "The treason of
the murthering." Chaucer.