murrey
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of murrey
1375–1425; late Middle English murrey, morrey < Middle French moré (adj. and noun), morée (noun) < Medieval Latin mōrātum, mōrāta, neuter and feminine of mōrātus, equivalent to Latin mōr ( um ) mulberry + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Bacon says, “Leaves of some trees turn a little murrey, or reddish;” and “a waistcoat of murrey-coloured satin” occurs in the writings of Arbuthnot.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
Much to be regretted is the disuse of the old word murrey, now only employed in heraldry.
From Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur by Gertrude Jekyll
The rind is grey, the pulp murrey colour, yellow, or reddish; some much larger than others.
From The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts. by George Collingridge
The citizens were all in their best; their garments were for the most part of somber colours—russet, murrey, brown, and gray.
From St. George for England by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Of the Plantagenets, as one family, white and scarlet; of the house of York, blue and murrey; of the house of Lancaster, white and blue; of the house of Tudor, white and green.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
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