Murder Mur"der (mûr"dẽr) noun [ Middle English morder , morther , Anglo-Saxon morðor , from morð murder; akin to Dutch moord , Old Saxon morð , G., Dan., & Swedish mord , Icelandic morð , Goth. maúrþr , OSlav. mrēti to die, Lithuanian mirti , W. marw dead, Latin mors , mortis , death, mori , moriri , to die, Greek broto`s (for mroto`s ) mortal, 'a`mbrotos immortal, Sanskrit mr to die, mrta death. √105. Confer Amaranth , Ambrosia , Mortal .] The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide. " Mordre will out." Chaucer.

The killing of their children had, in the account of God, the guilt of murder , as the offering them to idols had the guilt of idolatry.

Locke.

Slaughter grows murder when it goes too far.

Dryden.

» Murder in the second degree , in most jurisdictions, is a malicious homicide committed without a specific intention to take life. Wharton.

Murder Mur"der transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Murdered ; present participle & verbal noun Murdering .] [ Middle English mortheren , murtheren , Anglo-Saxon myrðrian ; akin to Old High German murdiren , Goth. maúrþrjan . See Murder , noun ] 1. To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder , noun

2. To destroy; to put an end to.

[ Canst thou] murder thy breath in middle of a word?

Shak.

3. To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English.

Syn. -- To kill; assassinate; slay. See Kill .

Murderer Mur"der·er (mûr"dẽr*ẽr) noun 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, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece . [ Obsolete]

Murderess Mur"der·ess noun A woman who commits murder.

Murderment Mur"der·ment noun Murder. [ Obsolete] Farfax.

Murderous Mur"der·ous adjective Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder; bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous intent; a murderous assault. " Murderous coward." Shak. -- Mur"der*ous*ly , adverb

Syn. -- Bloody; sanguinary; bloodguilty; bloodthirsty; fell; savage; cruel.

Murdress Mur"dress noun A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.

Mure Mure noun [ Latin murus ; or French mur , from Latin murus . Confer Munition .] A wall. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Mure Mure transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Mured .] [ French murer , Latin murare . See Mure , noun ] To inclose in walls; to wall; to immure; to shut up. Spenser.

The five kings are mured in a cave.

John. x. (Heading).

Murenger Mu"ren·ger noun One who had charge of the wall of a town, or its repairs.

Murex Mu"rex noun ; plural Murices . [ Latin , the purple fish.] (Zoology) 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 noun [ From Murexide .] (Chemistry) 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 noun [ Latin murex the purple fish, purple.] (Chemistry) 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 .

Murexoïn Mu·rex"o·ïn noun (Chemistry) A complex nitrogenous compound obtained as a scarlet crystalline substance, and regarded as related to murexide.

Muriate Mu"ri·ate noun [ See Muriatic .] (Chemistry) A salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride; as, muriate of ammonia.

» This term, as also the word muriatic , was formerly applied to the chlorides before their true composition was understood, and while they were erroneously supposed to be compounds of an acid with an oxide. Muriate and muriatic are still occasionally used as commercial terms, but are obsolete in scientific language.

Muriated Mu"ri·a`ted adjective 1. Put in brine. Evelyn.

2. (Chemistry) Combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric acid.

3. (Photog.) Prepared with chloride of silver through the agency of common salt.

Muriatic Mu`ri·at"ic adjective [ Latin muriaticus pickled, from muria brine: confer French muriatique .] (Chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric.

Muriatic acid , hydrochloric acid, HCl; -- formerly called also marine acid , and spirit of salt . See hydrochloric , and the Note under Muriate .

Muriatiferous Mu`ri·a·tif"er·ous adjective [ Muriat ic + -ferous .] (Old Chem.) Producing muriatic substances or salt. [ Obsolete]

Muricate, Muricated Mu"ri·cate, Mu"ri·ca`ted adjective [ Latin muricatus , from murex a pointed rock or stone.] Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences.

Muricoid Mu"ri·coid adjective [ Mur ex + - oid .] (Zoology) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Murex, or family Muricidæ .

Muriculate Mu·ric"u·late adjective Minutely muricate.

Muride Mu"ride noun [ Latin muria brine.] (Old Chem.) Bromine; -- formerly so called from its being obtained from sea water.

Muriform Mu"ri·form adjective [ Latin murus a wall + -form .] (Botany) Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue.

Murine Mu"rine adjective [ Latin murinus , from mus , muris , mouse: confer French murin .] (Zoology) Pertaining to a family of rodents ( Muridæ ), of which the mouse is the type.

Murine Mu"rine noun (Zoology) One of a tribe of rodents, of which the mouse is the type.

Muringer Mu"rin·ger noun See Murenger . Jacob.

Murk Murk adjective [ See Murky .] Dark; murky.

He can not see through the mantle murk .

J. R. Drake.

Murk Murk noun Darkness; mirk. [ Archaic] Shak.

Murk Murk noun The refuse of fruit, after the juice has been expressed; marc.

Murkily Murk"i·ly adverb Darkly; gloomily.

Murkiness Murk"i·ness noun The state of being murky.

Murky Murk"y adjective [ Compar. Murkier ; superl. Murkiest .] [ Middle English mirke , merke , Anglo-Saxon myrce , mirce ; akin to Icelandic myrkr , Dan. & Swedish mörk .] Dark; obscure; gloomy. "The murkiest den." Shak.

A murky deep lowering o'er our heads.

Addison.

Murlins Mur"lins noun (Botany) A seaweed. See Baddrelocks .

Murmur Mur"mur noun [ French murmure : confer Latin murmur . CF. Murmur , intransitive verb ] 1. A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.

2. A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice. Chaucer.

Some discontents there are, some idle murmurs .

Dryden.

Murmur Mur"mur intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Murmured ; present participle & verbal noun Murmuring .] [ French murmurer , Latin murmurare , murmurari , from murmur murmur; confer Greek ... to roar and boil, said of water, Sanskrit marmara a rustling sound; probably of imitative origin.] 1. 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.

2. 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 Mur"mur transitive verb 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.

Murmuration Mur`mur·a"tion noun [ Latin murmuratio .] The act of murmuring; a murmur. [ Obsolete] Skelton.

Murmurer Mur"mur·er noun One who murmurs.

Murmuring Mur"mur·ing adjective & noun Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining. -- Mur"mur*ing*ly , adverb

Murmurous Mur"mur·ous adjective [ Confer Latin murmuriosus , Old French murmuros .] Attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint; murmuring. [ Archaic or Poetic]

The lime, a summer home of murmurous wings.

Tennyson.

Murnival Mur"ni·val noun [ Perh. from French 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. [ Obsolete] [ Written also mournival .]

Murphy Mur"phy noun A potato. [ Humorous] Thackeray.

Murr Murr noun [ Prob. abbrev. from murrain .] A catarrh. [ Obsolete] Gascoigne.

Murrain Mur"rain noun [ Middle English moreine , Old French morine , from Old French morir , murir , 8die, Latin mori , moriri .] (Far.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle. Bacon.

A murrain on you , may you be afflicted with a pestilent disease. Shak.

Murrain Mur"rain adjective Having, or afflicted with, murrain.

Murrayin Mur"ray·in noun (Chemistry) A glucoside found in the flowers of a plant ( Murraya exotica ) of South Asia, and extracted as a white amorphous slightly bitter substance.

Murre Murre noun (Zoology) 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.

Murrelet Murre"let noun [ Murre + - let .] (Zoology) 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 Mur"rey noun [ Old French morée a dark red color, mor blackish brown, from Latin morum mulberry, blackberry, or from Maurus a Moor. Confer Mulberry , Moor , Morelle .] A dark red color. -- adjective Of a dark red color. Bacon.

Murrhine Mur"rhine adjective [ Latin murrhinus , from murrha : confer French 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.

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