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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MURE

n.[L. murus.] A wall. [Not used. ]

 

MURE

v.t.To inclose in walls; to wall. [But immure is chiefly used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MURE

Mure, n. Etym: [L. murus; or F. mur, fr. L. murus. Cf. Munition. ]

 

Defn: A wall. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

MURE

Mure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mured.] Etym: [F. murer, L. murare. See Mure, n.]

 

Defn: To inclose in walls; to wall; to immure; to shut up. Spenser. The five kings are mured in a cave. John. x. (Heading ).

 

MURENGER

MURENGER Mu "ren *ger, n.

 

Defn: One who had charge of the wall of a town, or its repairs.

 

MUREX

Mu "rex, n.; pl. Murices. Etym: [L., the purple fish. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequently spinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the rock shells. They abound in tropical seas.

 

MUREXAN

Mu *rex "an, n. Etym: [From Murexide. ] (Chem. )

 

Defn: A complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide, alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish, crystalline which turns red on exposure to the air; -- called also uramil, dialuramide, and formerly purpuric acid.

 

MUREXIDE

Mu *rex "ide, n. Etym: [L. murex the purple fish, purple. ] (Chem. )

 

Defn: A crystalline nitrogenous substance having a splendid dichroism, being green by reflected light and garnet-red by transmitted light. It was formerly used in dyeing calico, and was obtained in a large quantities from guano. Formerly called also ammonium purpurate.

 

MUREXOIN

MUREXOIN Mu *rex "o *ïn, n. (Chem. )

 

Defn: A complex nitrogenous compound obtained as a scarlet crystalline substance, and regarded as related to murexide.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mure

mure |ˈmyo͝or ˈmjʊər | verb [ with obj. ] archaic shut up in an enclosed space; immure. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French murer, from Latin murare, from murus wall.

 

murex

mu rex |ˈmyo͝orˌeks ˈmjʊrɛks | noun ( pl. murices |-rəˌsēz | or murexes ) a predatory tropical marine mollusk, the shell of which bears spines and forms a long narrow canal extending downward from the aperture. [Genus Murex, family Muricidae, class Gastropoda. ] ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin; perhaps related to Greek muax sea mussel.

 

Oxford Dictionary

mure

mure |mjʊə | verb [ with obj. ] archaic imprison or shut up in an enclosed space: they are not a little tired of being mured up in the cottage. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French murer, from Latin murare, from murus wall .

 

murex

murex |ˈmjʊərɛks | noun ( pl. murices |-rɪsiːz | or murexes ) a predatory tropical marine mollusc, the shell of which bears spines and forms a long, narrow canal extending downwards from the aperture. Genus Murex, family Muricidae, class Gastropoda. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin; perhaps related to Greek muax sea mussel .

 

Duden Dictionary

Mure

Mu re Substantiv, feminin , die |M u re |die Mure; Genitiv: der Mure, Plural: die Muren aus dem Bayerischen, Tirolischen, vielleicht verwandt mit morsch , mürbe in Gebirgsgegenden durch starken Regen oder Schneeschmelze hervorgerufener Strom 1b von Schlamm und Gesteinsschutt

 

muren

mu ren schwaches Verb Seewesen |m u ren |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « englisch to moor (ein Schiff ) mit einer Muring verankern

 

French Dictionary

mûre

mûre n. f. nom féminin Fruit du mûrier. : J ’aime les mûres, mais je préfère les framboises.

 

mûrement

mûrement adv. adverbe Avec beaucoup de réflexion. : Après avoir mûrement réfléchi, j ’accepte ton offre. SYNONYME longuement .

 

murène

murène n. f. nom féminin Poisson voisin de l ’anguille, carnivore et dont la morsure est dangereuse.

 

murer

murer v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif Fermer avec de la maçonnerie. : Murer une fenêtre. SYNONYME boucher ; condamner . verbe pronominal figuré S ’enfermer. : Se murer dans son silence. SYNONYME cloîtrer ; isoler . Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Elle s ’est murée dans son silence. aimer

 

muret

muret n. m. nom masculin Petit mur. : Un muret de pierres délimite les champs. Note Orthographique mure t.

 

Spanish Dictionary

murena

murena nombre femenino Morena (pez ).

 

murete

murete nombre masculino Muro bajo o pequeño :recias columnas dóricas sostenían el entablamento y se apoyaban en dados de piedra o en un murete corrido .