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_To_ MURGEON, _v. a._
1. To mock, by making mouths.
_Chr. Kirk._
Fr. _morguer_, to make a sour face.
2. To murmur, to grumble, S.
~Murgeon~, ~Morgeoun~, _s._
1. A murmur, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Muttering, in reference to the Ma.s.s.
_R. Bruce._
_To_ MURGULLIE.
V. ~Margulyie~.
MURYT, _pret._ Walled.
_Barbour._
Fr. _mur-er_, to wall.
MURLAN, _s._ A round narrow-mouthed basket, S. B.
V. ~Murling~.
_Pop. Ball._
_To_ MURLE, _v. a._ To moulder.
C. B. _mwrl_, crumbling.
_Priests Peblis._
~Murlie~, _s._
1. Any small object, Ang.
2. A fondling term for an infant, also _murlie-fikes_, Ang.
MURLING, MORTHLING, MURT, _s._ The skin of a young lamb, or of a sheep soon after it has been shorn.
_Gl. Sibb._
This is merely E. _morling_, _mortling_.
MURLOCH, _s._ The young piked dogfish.
_Statist. Acc._
MURMLED, MURBLED, _adj._ Having sore or tender feet, so as to go lame, Loth. S. A.
O. E. _mormall_, a sore, or swelling on the feet, or elsewhere.
_To_ MURR, _v. n._. To purr as a cat, a term applied to infants. S. B.
Isl. _murr-a_, Teut. _murr-en_, murmurare.
~Murling~, _s._ A soft murmur, Ang.
Su. G. _morl-a_, mussitare.
MUMRELL, _s._ Murmuring.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _murmul-en_, submurmurare.
MURRIOW, MURRIOWN, MURREON, _s._ A helmet.
_Knox._
Fr. morion, morrion, id.
MURTH, MORTH, _s._ Murder.
Su. G. _mord_, id.
_Gl. Sibb._
