Chapter 1012

Munga <Xpage=954>

Mun"ga (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Bonnet monkey , under Bonnet .

Mungcorn <Xpage=954>

Mung"corn` (?) , n. Same as Mangcorn .

Mungo <Xpage=954>

Mun"go (?) , n. A fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants of woolen goods.

&hand; Mungo properly signifies the disintegrated rags of woolen cloth, as distinguished from those of worsted, which form shoddy. The distinction is very commonly disregarded.

Beck (Draper's Dict. ).

Mungoose, Mungoos <Xpage=954>

Mun"goose , Mun"goos (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Mongoose .

Mungrel <Xpage=954>

Mun"grel (?) , n. & a. See Mongrel .

Municipal <Xpage=954>

Mu*nic"i*pal (?) , a. [L. municipalis , fr. municipium a town, particularly in Italy, which possessed the right of Roman citizenship, but was governed by its own laws, a free town, fr. municeps an inhabitant of a free town, a free citizen; munia official duties, functions + capere to take: cf. F. municipal . Cf. Immunity , and Capacoius .] 1. Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers.

2. Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation.

Municipal law is properly defined to be a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state. Blackstone.

Municipalism <Xpage=954>

Mu*nic"i*pal*ism (?) , n. Municipal condition.

Municipality <Xpage=954>

Mu*nic`i*pal"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Municipalities (#) . [Cf. F. municipalit\'82 .] A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

Municipally <Xpage=954>

Mu*nic"i*pal*ly (?) , adv. In a municipal relation or condition.

Munific <Xpage=954>

Mu*nif"ic (?) , a. [See Munificent .] Munificent; liberal. [Obs. or R.]

Munificate <Xpage=954>

Mu*nif"i*cate (?) , v. t. [L. munificatus , p.p. of munificare to present with a thing, fr. munificus . See Munificent .] To enrich. [Obs.]

Munificence <Xpage=954>

Mu*nif"i*cence (?) , n. [Cf. L. munire to fortify.] Means of defense; fortification. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Munificence <Xpage=954>

Mu*nif"i*cence , n. [L. munificentia : cf. F. munificence .] The quality or state of being munificent; a giving or bestowing with extraordinary liberality; generous bounty; lavish generosity.

The virtues of liberality and munificence . Addison.

Syn. -- Benevolence; beneficence; liberality; generosity; bounty; bounteousness. See Benevolence .

Munificent <Xpage=954>

Mu*nif"i*cent (?) , a. [L. munificus ; munus service, gift + -ficare (in comp.) to make. Cf. Immunity , -fy .] Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor . -- Mu*nif"i*cent*ly , adv.

Syn. -- Bounteous; bountiful; liberal; generous.

Munify <Xpage=954>

Mu"ni*fy (?) , v. t. & i. [See Munificate .] To prepare for defense; to fortify. [Obs.]

Muniment <Xpage=954>

Mu"ni*ment (?) , n. [L. munimentum , fr. munire to fortify. See Munition .] 1. The act of supporting or defending. [Obs.]

2. That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance. "Other muniments and petty helps."

Shak.

3. (Law) A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers.

Blount.

Muniment house &or; room , that room in a cathedral, castle, or other public building, which is used for keeping the records, charters, seals, deeds, and the like. Gwilt.

Munite <Xpage=954>

Mu*nite" (?) , v. t. [L. munitus , p.p. of munire to wall, fortify.] To fortify; to strengthen. [Obs.]

Munition <Xpage=954>

Mu*ni"tion (?) , n. [F., munition of war, L. munitio a fortifying, fortification, fr. munire to fortify, defend with a wall; cf. moenia walls, murus (for moirus ) a wall, and Skr. mi to fix, make firm. Cf. Ammunition .] 1. Fortification; stronghold. [Obs.]

His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. Is. xxxiii. 16.

2. Whatever materials are used in war for drfense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds.

The bodies of men, munition , and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.

Munity <Xpage=954>

Mu"ni*ty (?) , n. [See Immunity .] Freedom; security; immunity. [Obs.]

W. Montagu.

Munjeet <Xpage=954>

Mun*jeet" (?) , n. [Hind. maj\'c6&tsdot;h a drug used for dyeing red.] See Indian madder , under Madder .

Munjistin <Xpage=954>

Mun"jis*tin (?) , n. (Chem.) An orangered coloring substance resembling alizarin, found in the root of an East Indian species of madder ( Rubia munjista ).

Munnion <Xpage=954>

Mun"nion (?) , n. See Mullion .

Muntin, Munting <Xpage=954>

Mun"tin (?) , Mun"ting (?) , n. [CF. Montant .] (Arch.) Same as Mullion ; -- especially used in joiner's work.

Muntjac <Xpage=954>

Munt"jac (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of small Asiatic deer of the genus Cervulus , esp. C. muntjac , which occurs both in India and on the East Indian Islands. [Written also muntjak .]

Muntz metal <Xpage=954>

Muntz" met`al (?) . See under Metal .

Mur\'91na <Xpage=954>

Mu*r\'91"na (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of large eels of the family Mir\'91nid\'91 . They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry ( Mur\'91na Helen\'91 ) of Southern Europe was the mur\'91na of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.

Mur\'91noid, Murenoid <Xpage=954>

Mu*r\'91"noid , Mu*re"noid (?) , a. [NL. Mur\'91na , the generic name + -oid .] (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to the genus Mur\'91na, or family Mur\'91nid\'91 .

Murage <Xpage=954>

Mu"rage (?) , n. [F., fr. murer to wall, fr. mur wall, L. murus . See Mure a wall.] A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.

Mural <Xpage=954>

Mu"ral (?) , a. [F., fr. L. muralis , fr. murus wall. See Mure a wall.] 1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant . " Mural breach." Milton . " Mural fruit." Evelyn .

2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice .

Mural circle (Astron.) , a graduated circle, in the plane of the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See Circle , n. , 3. -- Mural crown (Rom. Antiq.) , a golden crown, or circle of gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and there lodged a standard.

Murder <Xpage=954>

Mur"der (?) , n. [OE. morder , morther , AS. mor&edh;or , fr. mor&edh; murder; akin to D. moord , OS. mor&edh; , G., Dan., & Sw. mord , Icel. mor&edh; , Goth. ma\'a3r&thorn;r , OSlav. mr\'c7ti to die, Lith. mirti , W. marw dead, L. mors , mortis , death, mori , moriri , to die, Gr. broto`s (for mroto`s ) mortal, 'a`mbrotos immortal, Skr. m&rsdot; to die, m&rsdot;ta death. \'fb105. Cf. 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.

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

Wharton.

Murder <Xpage=954>

Mur"der , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Murdered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Murdering .] [OE. mortheren , murtheren , AS. myr<?/rian ; akin to OHG. murdiren , Goth. ma\'a3r<?/rjan . See Murder , n. ] 1. To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder , n.

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 .

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Murderer <Xpage=955>

Mur"der*er (?) , n. 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 . [Obs.]

Murderess <Xpage=955>

Mur"der*ess , n. A woman who commits murder.

Murderment <Xpage=955>

Mur"der*ment (?) , n. Murder. [Obs.]

Farfax.

Murderous <Xpage=955>

Mur"der*ous (?) , a. 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 , adv.

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

Murdress <Xpage=955>

Mur"dress (?) , n. A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.

Mure <Xpage=955>

Mure (?) , n. [L. murus ; or F. mur , fr. L. murus . Cf. Munition .] A wall. [Obs.]

Shak.

Mure <Xpage=955>

Mure , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mured (?) .] [F. murer , L. murare . See Mure , n. ] To inclose in walls; to wall; to immure; to shut up.

Spenser.

The five kings are mured in a cave. John. x. (Heading).

Murenger <Xpage=955>

Mu"ren*ger (?) , n. One who had charge of the wall of a town, or its repairs.

Murex <Xpage=955>

Mu"rex (?) , n. ; pl. Murices (#) . [L., the purple fish.] (Zo\'94l.) 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 <Xpage=955>

Mu*rex"an (?) , n. [From Murexide .] (Chem.) 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 <Xpage=955>

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

Murexo\'8bn <Xpage=955>

Mu*rex"o*\'8bn (?) , n. (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous compound obtained as a scarlet crystalline substance, and regarded as related to murexide.

Muriate <Xpage=955>

Mu"ri*ate (?) , n. [See Muriatic .] (Chem.) A salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride; as, muriate of ammonia .

&hand; 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 <Xpage=955>

Mu"ri*a`ted (?) , a. 1. Put in brine.

Evelyn.

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

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

Muriatic <Xpage=955>

Mu`ri*at"ic (?) , a. [L. muriaticus pickled, from muria brine: cf. F. muriatique .] (Chem.) 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 <Xpage=955>

Mu`ri*a*tif"er*ous (?) , a. [ Muriat ic + -ferous .] (Old Chem.) Producing muriatic substances or salt. [Obs.]

Muricate, Muricated <Xpage=955>

Mu"ri*cate (?) , Mu"ri*ca`ted (?) , a. [L. muricatus , fr. 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 <Xpage=955>

Mu"ri*coid (?) , a. [ Mur ex + -oid .] (Zo\'94l.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Murex, or family Muricid\'91 .

Muriculate <Xpage=955>

Mu*ric"u*late (?) , a. Minutely muricate.

Muride <Xpage=955>

Mu"ride (?) , n. [L. muria brine.] (Old Chem.) Bromine; -- formerly so called from its being obtained from sea water.

Muriform <Xpage=955>

Mu"ri*form (?) , a. [L. murus a wall + -form .] (Bot.) Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue .

Murine <Xpage=955>

Mu"rine (?) , a. [L. murinus , from mus , muris , mouse: cf. F. murin .] (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to a family of rodents ( Murid\'91 ), of which the mouse is the type.

Murine <Xpage=955>

Mu"rine , n. (Zo\'94l.) One of a tribe of rodents, of which the mouse is the type.

Muringer <Xpage=955>

Mu"rin*ger (?) , n. See Murenger .

Jacob.

Murk <Xpage=955>

Murk (?) , a. [See Murky .] Dark; murky.

He can not see through the mantle murk . J. R. Drake.

Murk <Xpage=955>

Murk , n. Darkness; mirk. [Archaic]

Shak.

Murk <Xpage=955>

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

Murkily <Xpage=955>

Murk"i*ly (?) , adv. Darkly; gloomily.

Murkiness <Xpage=955>

Murk"i*ness , n. The state of being murky.

Murky <Xpage=955>

Murk"y (?) , a. [ Compar. Murkier (?) ; superl. Murkiest .] [OE. mirke , merke , AS. myrce , mirce ; akin to Icel. myrkr , Dan. & Sw. m\'94rk .] Dark; obscure; gloomy. "The murkiest den."

Shak.

A murky deep lowering o'er our heads. Addison.

Murlins <Xpage=955>

Mur"lins (?) , n. (Bot.) A seaweed. See Baddrelocks .

Murmur <Xpage=955>

Mur"mur (?) , n. [F. murmure : cf. L. murmur . CF. Murmur , v. i. ] 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 <Xpage=955>

Mur"mur , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Murmured (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Murmuring .] [F. murmurer , L. murmurare , murmurari , fr. murmur murmur; cf. Gr.<?/ to roar and boil, said of water, Skr. marmara a rustling sound; prob. 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 <Xpage=955>

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.

Murmuration <Xpage=955>

Mur`mur*a"tion (?) , n. [L. murmuratio .] The act of murmuring; a murmur. [Obs.]

Skelton.

Murmurer <Xpage=955>

Mur"mur*er (?) , n. One who murmurs.

Murmuring <Xpage=955>

Mur"mur*ing , a. & n. Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining. -- Mur"mur*ing*ly , adv.

Murmurous <Xpage=955>

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.

Murnival <Xpage=955>

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 .]

Murphy <Xpage=955>

Mur"phy (?) , n. A potato. [Humorous]

Thackeray.

Murr <Xpage=955>

Murr (?) , n. [Prob. abbrev. from murrain .] A catarrh. [Obs.]

Gascoigne.

Murrain <Xpage=955>

Mur"rain (?) , n. [OE. moreine , OF. morine , fr. OF. morir , murir , 8die, L. mori , moriri .] (Far.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle.

Bacon.