mure 
Oh had God made vs man-like like . 
We 'd not bo here fenr'd in a i 
But ha' I 
pn-M-nt ;it th< 
ii iniii'l, 
I :n iu< 
T. Hfilir-nurl, If you Know not Me ii 
I he ineewsant care and labour t his t 
Math uroiitfht the m<n-<- Ihat should e 
mflne it in 
Si. thin that life lixiks through, and will break out. 
Shak., Hen. IV., iv. 4. 119. 
2. .Sun s miii-iii/r. 
mure't (mrir), r. t. [< MK. inun-ii (= I). ML<i. 
IIIIIITII ( )!!(!. mill-mi. M IK J. in n n , milll-i a. I '. 
niiiiierii = Irrl. mii fit = Sw. mura = Dan. mu>-i- 
= S|i. \'g. iiiitrar = It. murare), < F. murer, < 
ML. murare, wall, wall in, < L. muriix, a wall: 
see mure*, n. Cf. immure.] To inclose in walls : 
wall; immure; close up. 
And he had let muren alle the Mountayne aboute with 
a strong Walle and a fair. M<ni<li /'///<, Travels, p. ^Ts. 
lie tooke a mnzzel strong 
Of surest yron, made with many a lincke, 
Therewith he inured up his mouth along. 
>> 'iuvr, . Q., VI. xii. 34. 
mure 2 (mur), a. [< ME. mure; by apheresis for 
ill mure, q. v. ; otherwise < OF. meur, ripe, soft, 
mellow, also discreet, staid, < L. maturus, ripe, 
mature: sri> mature.] Soft; moek ; demure. 
l{,i II iu-ell. [Prov. Eng.] 
Thou art clennes, both mylde & mitre. 
Political I'ofttu, etc. (ed. Kurnlvall), p. 107. 
mure :! (mur), r. t. ; pret. and pp. mured, ppr. 
muring. [Origin obscure.] To squeeze. Halli- 
iri-ll. [Prov. Eng.] 
mure ;t (mur). H. rCf . Mwrv*, V.] Husks or chaff 
of fruit after it has been pressed. Uiilliir, II. 
[North. Eng.] 
murena, . See Murcena. 
murengert (mu'ren-jer), n. [Also muriiigi r. 
miirenger(1)', <ME. murager,(. OF. mitrngier(t), 
an officer in charge of town walls, receiving the 
murage or toll for repairs, < murage, toll for 
repairing walls : see murage. For the epenthet- 
ic n, cf. messenger, passenger, porringer, etc.] 
An officer appointed to superintend the keep- 
ing of the town walls in repair and to receive 
a certain toll (murage) for that purpose. 
A nominal appointment to the office of Murenger still 
takes place annually (at Oswestryl, though the active du- 
ties of the office have long ceased. 
Municip. Corp. Report, 1835, p. 2827. 
The charter of Henry VII. provides that the mayor and 
citizens [of Chester] "may yearly choose from among the 
citizens of the aforesaid city two citizens to be overseers 
of the walls of the aforesaid city, called Muragert, . . . 
and that they shall yearly overlook and repair the walls of 
the aforesaid city." Municip. Corp. Report, 1835, p. 2622. 
Mures (mu'rez), n. pi. [NL., pi. of L. mus 
(mur-), mouse: seeMus, mouse.] TheOldWorld 
Murina: as distinguished from the American Kig- 
moaontes by having the molar cusps in series of 
threes across the teeth. There are many gen- 
era. The group is only a section of a subfamily 
of Murida. 
murex (mu'reks), . [NL., < L. murex, thejiur- 
ple-fish.] 1. [o<y>.] The typical genus of Muriei- 
'/"'. The aperture of the shell Is rounded, the canal is long 
and straight, and the outer 
surface of the shell is inter- 
rupted by numerous varices 
or spines, at least three to a 
whorl. The most remarka- 
ble forms of these shells are 
from tropical seas. The ani- 
mals are highly rapacious, 
and some of them do great 
damage to oystor-heds, as 
the European M. erinaceus. 
The celebrated purple dye of 
the ancients was chiefly fur- 
nished by the animals of two 
species of the genus Murex. 
M. trunculwi and M. branda- 
ris, the dye being secreted by 
a special gland, called the 
" purpurigenous gland," of 
the animal. The amount se- 
creted being very small, the 
number of animals sacrificed 
to secure it was correspond- 
ingly large, and the cost 
therefore great. Hence its 
use was confined to the 
wealthy, or reserved for sa- 
cred or regal purposes. Its 
manufacture seems to have 
expired after the capture of 
Constantinople by the Turks. 
2. A species of this genus. 3. PI. miireies or 
murii-en (-rek-sez. -ri-sez)- A caltrop. 
murexan (mu'rek-sau). H. [< L. murex + -an.] 
The purptiric acid of Prout (C 4 H ? .NH2.N 2 O S ). 
It is a product of the decomposition of murex- 
iilc. 
murexide (mu'rek-sid or -sid). ii. [< L. mitrex. 
the purple-fish, + -irfe 8 .] The purpurate of 
ammonia of Prout (probably C 8 HaN(-O 6 ). it 
crystallizes in four sided prisms, two faces of which reflect 
agreen metallic luster. The crystals are transparent, and 
Mori* trni>afiia. 
9901 
i>> transmitted light are of a garnet-red color. It f..im- 
1 brOWDtlb-nd powder, and is soluble in eallstie |K,tasli, 
the solution having a beautiful purple eolnr. In ] - 
18Sti this substance was largely used as a dye for j In 
ring pinks, purples, and roils, hut the intnlm lion of mil- 
line enliirs put all end to its use. 
murgeon (incr'jon). . [Formerly /)(/</. 
cf. F. morgue, a wry f:i<-<-. ///</' ' . make a wry 
ttM: scr IIKII-I/III i.J 1. A wry mouth; a gri- 
mace ; also, a grotesque posturing. 
Prelacy is like the great golden Image In the plain nf 
Dura, and ... as Shadraeli, Meshach, and Abednego 
were l>orne out in refusing t<> bow down and worship, - < 
neither shall Cuddy Ueadrfpg . . . make muryronx, or 
jennyflectlons, as they ca them, in the house of the prel- 
ates and curates. Scott, Old Mortality, vli. 
2. A murmur ; a muttering or grumbling, 
rnuriacite (mu'ri-a-sit), . [< F. muriaeitc; < 
L. muria, brine, 4- -c- + -H ('*. Cf. muriatic.] 
Native anhydrous calcium sulphate, or anhy- 
drite. See inilii/ilri/i . 
muriate (mu'ri-at), n. [= F. muriate = Sp. 
Pg. It. muriate, < NL. murintiim, < L. nun-id. 
brine.] Same as chloricfl. Muriate of ammonia. 
Same as ml ammoniac (which see. under ammoniac). 
Muriate Of copper. Same as atacainite. 
muriate (mu'ri-at), r. t.; pret. and pp. muriali-<l, 
ppr. muriating. [<L. muria, brine, -r -ate 9 .] To 
put into brine. 
Early fruits of some plants, when tmiriated or pickled, 
are justly esteemed. Evelyn, Acetaria, { 12. 
muriatic (mu-ri-at'ik), a. [= F. nniriatiqw = 
Sp. miiridtieo = Pg. It. mitriatico, < L. muriati- 
cus, pickled, < muria, brine: see muriate.'] Hav- 
ing the nature of brine or salt water; pertain- 
ing to or obtained from brine or sea-salt. Muri- 
atic add, the commercial name of hydrochloric acid. See 
hydrochloric. 
muriatiferous (mu'ri-a-tif'e-rus), a. [< muri- 
ate + li.ferrc = E. bear 1 .] Producing muri- 
atic substances or salt. 
muricate (mu'ri-kat), a. [< L. niuricatuit, 
pointed, < murex (marie-), a pointed rock, a 
spire.] Formed with sharp 
points: full of sharp spines 
or prickles. Specifically (o) In 
dot., rough with short and linn ex 
crescences : distinguished from echi- 
miti', or spiny, by having the ele- 
vations more scattered, lower, and 
less acute. (6) In entom., armed 
with thick, sharp, but not close-set 
pointed elevations. 
muricated (mu'ri-ka-ted), a. 
Same as muricate. 
muricatohispid (mu-ri-ka-to- 
his'pid), . [< L. muricatus, 
pointed (see muricate), + hispidus, hispid.] In 
6of., covered with short, sharp points and rigid 
hairs or bristles. 
Muricea (mu-ris'e-il), n. pi. [NL.,< Murex (.V- 
ric-) + -ea.] Same as Murifidce. 
murices, . Latin plural of murex. 
Muricidae (mu-ris'i-de), . pi. [NL., < Murer 
(Muric-) + -ida?.] A. large family of marine 
gastropodous mollusks, typified by the genus 
Murex, to which different limits have been 
assigned. Within even its most restricted extent, the 
family Includes very diversiform shells. The animal has a 
broad foot of moderate length, a long siphon, eyes at the 
external base of the tentacles, a large pnrpurigenons 
gland and teeth of the radula triserial, the median broad 
and generally prismatic and tridentate and with smaller 
accessory denticles, the lateral acutely unicuspid and ver- 
satile. The shell has the anterior canal straight, the 
columellar lip smooth and reflected. The operculnm is 
corneous, and with a suhapical or lateral nucleus. The 
typical species have variccs In varying number, but gen- 
erally three to a whorl. The shells are numerous in tropi- 
cal seas, and some aberrant members of the family in- 
habit cold waters of both hemispheres. The family is 
generally subdivided into two subfamilies, Muricince and 
riifiniriaa. Also Muricea. See cut under Murex. 
muriciform (mu'ri-si-fdrm), a. [< L. murex 
(marie-), the purple-fish, +/orma,form.] Re- 
sembling a murex or one of the Muricida; in 
form. 
muricine (mu'ri-sin), a. [< L. murex (murie-). 
the purple-fish, + -tne 1 .] Of or pertaining to 
the .Vuriciilir ; like a murex. 
muricitet (mu'ri-sit), . [< Murex (Muric-) + 
-iti"."\ A fossil murex, or a fossil shell resem- 
bling that of a murex. 
muricoid (mu'ri-koid), a. [< L. murex (murie-). 
the purple-fish, + Gr. eMof, form.] Muriciform ; 
resembling a murex Muricoid operculum, an 
operculum having a suhapical nucleu.-. 
muriculate (mu-rik'u-lat), a. [< NL. *wnV- 
lutiix. dim. of L. muricatus, pointed: see muri- 
I'Hle.] In hot., minutely muricate. 
Muridae (mu'ri-le), . pi. [NL. . < Mu* (Mur-) + 
-iiln:] A family of quadrupeds of the order Ro- 
ili iitjn or <!lin:t. tyiiificd by the genus Mux. it is 
hy far the lanrest fatnily of i-odent-i, and is of world-wide 
distribution. They have 2 incisors and :i molais above 
murk 
and below on each side (with some rare exceptions). The 
i ie 'larsare rooted or rootless, and eii her tiii>en-ii late or flat- 
Lipped :nel \>iili ;.n-'nl;u i'iiami-1 folds. Theexternal ehai- 
T~r 
Cranial Characters of a Leading 1 ype of Murtdir. 
Skull of a Murine (.If Mi rattHJ): n. upper view ; A, under view: 
c . f, side views of skull ami lower jaw. 
acters are very variable, but the pollex is always reduced 
or rudimentary, and the tail is generally long and scaly. 
There are many genera, which are grouped In 10 sub- 
families Sminthitu*, Hydromyincf, PlatacantliomyinCR, 
Verbillinte, Phtatomifinaf, DendromyintK, Cricftincf, Muri- 
ntf, Arrictitinte, and Siphnrince. See cuts under Arricvla, 
hatnstfr, lemming, beaver-rat, moune, munkrat, Xrttokia. 
muridet (mu'rid or -fid), w. [= F. muride; as L. 
HI uria, brine, + -ide 2 . ] Bromine : so called be- 
cause it is an ingredient of sea-water. 
muriform 1 (mu'ri-fdrm), a. [= F. murifornie, 
< L. murus, wall, + for- 
ma, form.] In hot., re- 
sembling the arrange- 
ment of the bricks in 
the walls of a house : ap- 
plied to the cellular tissue 
constituting the medul- 
lary rays in plants, the 
.*,. ". f \. , ' Mtinf',nn EpMenm of the 
epidermis Of the leaves Superior hace of a Cran- 
of grasses, etc. 
The acicular or colourless spore-type is of a distinct and 
higher series than the muriform or coloured. 
Tuckerman, Genera l.ii henum, p. 272. 
muriform 2 (mu'ri-form), . [< L. mu.<< (mur-), a 
mouse, + forma, form.] Mouse-like or murine 
in form; myomorphic. 
Murinae (mu-ri'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Mus (Mur-) 
+ -ina;.] The largest and typical subfamily of 
Muridw, represented by the genus Mus and 
closely related genera. They fall into two sections, 
Mures and fXymodontet, of the Old and the New World re- 
spectively. The genera of Muret are J/, relomy*. Echi- 
nuthrix, Uromys, Hapalotis, Acomy*, Henamys, and Jlru- 
chytarsomys; of Sigmodnnte* Rrymomy*, Hotochilus, He*- 
peromyt, Ochetodon, Keithrodim, Sigmodon, and Xeotuma. 
murine (mu'rin), a. and n. [< L. murinus, of a 
mouse, < mus (mur-) = Gr. //i"f =E. mouse: see 
mouse.] I. a. Muriform or myomorphic in gen- 
eral; resembling a mouse or a rat; specifically, 
of or pertaining to the family Muridte or the 
subfamily Murina'. 
II. n. A mouse or a rat. 
muringert, " See muretiger. 
muriont, . An obsolete form of morion*. 
murk 1 , mirk (merk), a. [Also dial. mark ; < WE. 
mirke, merke, < AS. mirce, dark, gloomy, evil, 
= OS. mirki = Icel. myrkr = Sw. Dan. mark, 
dark. Cf. OBulg. mrakii = Serv. mrak = Pol. 
mraik = Buss, mrakii, darkness; Gr. a/i/oJ.jor, in 
the phrase pumSf afiotyor., 'the darkness of 
night-T Dark ; obscure ; gloomy. 
Such myster saying me seemeth to mirke. 
Spenter. f hep. Cat, September. 
It fell about the Martinmas, 
\\ hen nights are lang and mirk. 
The Wife a/ Uther't Wett (Child's Ballads, I. 216). 
The chimes peal muffled with sea-mists mirk. 
Lmcett, The Black Preacher. 
murk 1 , mirk (merk), . [< ME. mirte, 
< AS. iiiirrr. iiii/rce (^ Icel. myrkr, also mjiirlcri, 
= Sw. marker = Dan. mfirke), darkness, gloom, 
< mircf, dark: see murk 1 , a.] Gloom; darkness. 
The ncght drow negh anon vppon this. 
And the mone in the nirrke mightely shone. 
Destruction o/ Troy (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 3196. 
Ere twice in murk and occidental damp 
Moist Hesperus hath qnench'd his sleepy lamp. 
.5*0*-., All's Well, Ii. 1. 166. 
