murra
noun
a mineral or stone used in ancient Rome for making fine vases, cups, etc.: believed to have been fluorite.
murrha
-
a variation of
murra.
Example Sentences
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On it were jars of murrha filled with balsam, Sidonian goblets of colored glass, jasper amphoræ, and water-melons from Egypt.
From Mary Magdalen by Edgar Saltus
