Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 84
Murlins (n.) (Bot.) A seaweed. See Baddrelocks.
Compare: Badderlocks
Badderlocks (n.) (Bot.) A large black seaweed ({Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware.
Murmur (n.) A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.
Murmur (n.) A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice. -- Chaucer.
Some discontents there are, some idle murmurs. -- Dryden.
Murmured (imp. & p. p.) of Murmur.
Murmuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Murmur.
Murmur (v. i.) To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest.
They murmured as doth a swarm of bees. -- Chaucer.
Murmur (v. i.) To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; -- often with at or against. "His disciples murmured at it." -- John vi. 61.
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. -- Num. xiv. 2.
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured. -- 1 Cor. x. 10.
Murmur (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.
Murmur (n.) A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech [syn: mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation]
Murmur (n.) A schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant [syn: murmur vowel, murmur].
Murmur (n.) An abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves [syn: heart murmur, cardiac murmur, murmur].
Murmur (n.) A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn: grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering].
Murmur (v.) Speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms".
Murmur (v.) Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl].
Murmuration (n.) The act of murmuring; a murmur. [Obs.] -- Skelton.
Murmuration (n.) A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech [syn: mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation].
Murmurer (n.) One who murmurs.
Murmurer (n.) A person who speaks softly and indistinctly [syn: mutterer, mumbler, murmurer].
Murmuring (a. & n.) Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining. -- Mur"mur*ing*ly, adv.
Murmuring (a.) Making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices" [syn: murmuring, susurrant, whispering].
Murmuring (n.) A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech [syn: mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation].
Murmuring (n.) A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn: grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering].
Murmuring, () Of the Hebrews in the wilderness, called forth the displeasure of God, which was only averted by the earnest prayer of Moses (Num. 11:33, 34; 12; 14:27, 30, 31; 16:3; 21:4-6; Ps. 106:25). Forbidden by Paul (1 Cor. 10:10).
Murmurous (a.) Attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint; murmuring. [Archaic or Poetic]
The lime, a summer home of murmurous wings. -- Tennyson.
Murmurous (a.) Characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren [syn: murmurous, rustling, soughing, susurrous].
Murnival (n.) 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.]
Murphy (n.) A potato. [Humorous] -- Thackeray.
Murr (n.) A catarrh. [Obs.] -- Gascoigne.
Murrain (n.) (Far.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle. -- Bacon.
A murrain on you, may you be afflicted with a pestilent disease. -- Shak.
Murrain (n.) Any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague.
Murrain, () Heb. deber, "destruction," a "great mortality", the fifth plague that fell upon the Egyptians (Ex. 9:3). It was some distemper that resulted in the sudden and widespread death of the cattle. It was confined to the cattle of the Egyptians that were in the field (9:6).
Murrain (a.) Having, or afflicted with, murrain.
Murray-Darling basin (proper n.) 墨累-達令流域 A large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, spanning most of the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory, and parts of the states of Queensland (lower third) and South Australia (southeastern corner).
Murrayin (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.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of sea birds of the genus Uria, or Catarractes; a guillemot.
Note: 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 (n.) Black-and-white diving bird of northern seas.
Murrelet (n.) (Zool.) One of several species of sea birds of the genera Synthliboramphus and Brachyramphus, inhabiting the North Pacific. They are closely related to the murres.
Murrey (n.) A dark red color.
Murrey (a.) Of a dark red color. -- Bacon.
Murrhine (a.) 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.
Murrion (a.) Infected with or killed by murrain. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Murrion (n.) A morion. See Morion.
Murry (n.) (Zool.) See Muraena.
Murth (n.) Plenty; abundance. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Murther (n. & v.) Murder, n. & v. [Obs. or Prov.] "The treason of the murthering." -- Chaucer.
Murtherer (n.) A murderer. [Obs. or Prov.]
Murza (n.) One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, esp. one of the second class.
Note: This word must not be confounded with the Persian Mirza, though perhaps of the same origin.
Mures (n. pl. ) of Mus.
Mus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat.
Musae (n. pl. ) of Musa.
Musa (n.) (Bot.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana ({Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian ({Musa Ensete), the Philippine Island ({Musa textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain.
Musa (n.) Type genus of the Musaceae: bananas [syn: Musa, genus Musa].
Musaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the genus Musa.
Musal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Muses, or to Poetry. [R.]
Musang (n.) (Zool.) A small animal of Java ({Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat.
Musar (n.) An itinerant player on the musette, an instrument formerly common in Europe.
Musard (v. i.) A dreamer; an absent-minded person. [Obs.] -- Rom. of R.
Muscae (n. pl. ) of Musca.
Musca (n.) (Zool.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species.
Note: Formerly, a large part of the Diptera were included under the genus Musca.
Musca (n.) (Astron.) A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole.
Muscae volitantes. [L., flying flies.] (Med.) Specks or filaments apparently seen moving or gliding about in the field of vision. Their appearance is often a symptom of disease of the eye, or of disorder of the nervous system. Muscadel
Musca (n.) A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
Musca (n.) Type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies [syn: Musca, genus Musca].
Muscadel (n.) See Muscatel, n.
Muscadine (n.) A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine.
Muscadine (n.) A fragrant and delicious pear.
Muscadine (n.) See Muscardin.
Muscales (n. pl.) An old name for mosses in the widest sense, including the true mosses and also hepaticae and sphagna.
Muscallonge (n.) See Muskellunge.
Muscardin (n.) The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.
Muscardine (n.) A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself.
Muscariform (a.) Having the form of a brush.
Muscarin (n.) A solid crystalline substance, C5H13NO2, found in the toadstool (Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. It is a typical ptomaine, and a violent poison.
Muscatel (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, or derived from, a muscat grapes or similar grapes; a muscatel grapes; muscatel wine, etc.
Muscatel (n.) A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine, made in Italy, Spain, and France.
Muscatel (n.) Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins."
Muschelkalk (n.) A kind of shell limestone, whose strata form the middle one of the three divisions of the Triassic formation in Germany. See Chart, under Geology.
Musci (n. pl.) An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See Moss, and Cryptogamia.
Muscicapine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Muscicapidae, a family of birds that includes the true flycatchers.
Muscid (n.) Any fly of the genus Musca, or family Muscidae.
Musciform (a.) Having the form or structure of flies of the genus Musca, or family Muscidae.
Musciform (a.) Having the appearance or form of a moss.
Muscle (n.) An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.
Muscle (n.) The contractile tissue of which muscles are largely made up.
Muscle (n.) Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight.
Muscle (n.) See Mussel.
Muscled (a.) Furnished with muscles; having muscles; as, things well muscled.
Muscling (n.) Exhibition or representation of the muscles.
Muscogees (n. pl.) See Muskogees.
Muscoid (a.) Mosslike; resembling moss.
Muscoid (n.) A term formerly applied to any mosslike flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular system.
Muscology (n.) Bryology.
Muscosity (n.) Mossiness.
Muscovado (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses. Muscovado sugar contains impurities which render it dark colored and moist.
Muscovado (n.) Unrefined or raw sugar.
Muscovite (n.) A native or inhabitant of Muscovy or ancient Russia; hence, a Russian.
Muscovite (n.) Common potash mica. See Mica.
Muscovy duck () A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil.
Muscovy glass () Mica; muscovite. See Mica.
Muscular (a.) Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as, muscular fiber.
Muscular (a.) Performed by, or dependent on, a muscle or the muscles.
Muscular (a.) Well furnished with muscles; having well-developed muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous; as, a muscular body or arm.
Muscularity (n.) The state or quality of being muscular.
Muscularize (v. t.) To make muscular.
Muscularly (adv.) In a muscular manner.
Musculation (n.) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.
Musculature (n.) Musculation.
Muscule (n.) A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.
Musculin (n.) See Syntonin.
Musculocutaneous (a.) Pertaining both to muscles and skin; as, the musculocutaneous nerve.
Musculophrenic (a.) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery.
Musculosity (n.) The quality or state of being musculous; muscularity.
Musculospiral (a.) Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; -- applied esp. to a large nerve of the arm.
Musculous (a.) Muscular.
Muse (n.) A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
Muse (n.) One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; -- often used in the plural.
Muse (n.) A particular power and practice of poetry.
Muse (n.) A poet; a bard.
Mused (imp. & p. p.) of Muse.
Musing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Muse.