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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Just then a country gentleman, whose murrey coat has a certain country cut, while his complexion breathes of hay-fields and hedge sides, is introduced, gazes round, and steps up to her.
From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Tytler, Sarah
A blue coat, murrey waistcoat, and breeches of drab set off a figure that could scarcely be surpassed.
From A Group of Noble Dames by Hardy, Thomas
It is of a murrey or chocolate colour, and forms cool tints of a purple hue with white.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
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 Collingridge, George
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 Utting, R. B.
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