Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
moray .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
muræna .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They cannot be so, Mr. Lowther, if they would compel her to murry any man to whom she has an indifference.
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Without delaie (after our drinking this table being taken away, and the sweete flowers cast vpon the pauement), there was forthwith spred a cloth of murry silke and carnation: with Roses white, redde, Damaske,
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Now, without any of the 'pride, pomp, and circumstances of glorious war,' I was proceeding on a service not very likely to be peaceful, for the natives here assured me that the myalls were coming up 'murry coola'
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Certain it is that they made some remark which highly offended our lately arrived envoy, for he suddenly sprang upon his feet, and, seizing a carabine, shook it at them in defiance, and, pointing to the tents, again shook it with all the energy and fearlessness of a savage, and he afterwards told us that the natives were "murry saucy."
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Now, without any of the pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war, I was proceeding on a service not very likely to be peaceful, for the natives here assured me that the Myalls were coming up murry coola, i.e. very angry, to meet us.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2
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It appeared that, as soon as our party had proceeded to some distance from the lake, twelve men sprang from among the reeds armed with spears, boomerangs, etc., and when Piper accosted one of them, inquiring the name of the lake "I wont tell you," was the answer (murry coolah, i.e. very angrily).
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2
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Youranigh would not advance another step, although much pressed by the other native remaining with us to do so, but declared that "those fellows were murry coola," (very angry).
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
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The most memorable number, "Diggi, daggi, schurry, murry," is given to Colas, a self-proclaimed magician who helps reunite the eponymous twin-named young lovers.
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Who did u want to win in masters marid murry or simon?
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Tho* fuch ftoivea are certain in - dications of copper being contained in the in* ternal parts, no fearch or difcovery was made refpcAing the fad until about the year 1786, when fome of the neighbouring farmers open* ing a gravel pit ovi the N. dtcKvity of Dun - murry, near the bafe, fomething like metaUic ore was discovered; which upon exatninatioa was found to be rich copper.
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