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
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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 Sarah Tytler
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 colours or metals used in emblazoning arms are— yellow, white, red, blue, black, green, purple, orange, murrey.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
They vary exceedingly in colour, from yellow to brown, murrey, and gray, but otherwise do not differ from ordinary ochres.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
She visited all her favorite trees,—the purple ash, the vivid, passionate maples, the oaks in their sober richness of murrey and crimson.
From Queen Hildegarde by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
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