murra

American  

[mur-uh] / ˈmɜr ə /

Or murrha

noun

1. a mineral or stone used in ancient Rome for making fine vases, cups, etc.: believed to have been fluorite.

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murra British  

/ ˈmʌrə /

noun

1. See murrhine

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Etymology

Origin of murra

1590–1600; < Latin murr ( h ) a, apparently back formation from murrinus murrhine

Example Sentences

In vases of delicate murra huge bunches of blood-red roses hung their drooping heads, and beneath the feet carpets of heavy silk hid the exquisite beauty of mosaics of lapis-lazuli and chrysoprase.

From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

"Futra butara rap a ruara dutera muttera purra murra footra den, Preekin, humph."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

The Marachowies34 have but three distinct numerals,—cooma, 1, cootera, 2, murra, 3.

From The Number Concept Its Origin and Development by Conant, Levi Leonard

An air of mystery still hung over the magnificent triclinium, its convivial board, its abandoned couches, over the vases of murra and crystal and the fast dying roses.

From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

Their baggage-mules transported not only the precious vases, but even the fragile vessels of crystal and murra, which last probably meant the porcelain of China and Japan. 

From Old Roads and New Roads by Donne, William Bodham