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

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

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

Richer than all Castile and yet not dare Drink but from cups of Roman murra, spar Bowl-sprayed with fibrile gold! spar sensitive Of poison!

From Days and Dreams Poems by Cawein, Madison J.

"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