English Dictionary: mural | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Marl \Marl\, n. [OF. marle, F. marne, LL. margila, dim. of L. marga marl. Originally a Celtic word, according to Pliny, xvii. 7: [bd]Quod genus terr[91] Galli et Britanni margam vocant.[b8] [root]274.] A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See {Greensand}. | |
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Marl \Marl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marling}.] [Cf. F. marner. See {Marl}, n.] To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field. | |
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Greensand \Green"sand`\ (-s[?]nd`), n. (Geol.) A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime. Note: [hand]Greensand is often called {marl}, because it is a useful fertilizer. The greensand beds of the American Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous. | |
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Marl \Marl\, v. t. [See {Marline}.] (Naut.) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding. {Marling spike}. (Naut.) See under {Marline}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Marl \Marl\, n. [OF. marle, F. marne, LL. margila, dim. of L. marga marl. Originally a Celtic word, according to Pliny, xvii. 7: [bd]Quod genus terr[91] Galli et Britanni margam vocant.[b8] [root]274.] A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See {Greensand}. | |
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Marl \Marl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marling}.] [Cf. F. marner. See {Marl}, n.] To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field. | |
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Greensand \Green"sand`\ (-s[?]nd`), n. (Geol.) A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime. Note: [hand]Greensand is often called {marl}, because it is a useful fertilizer. The greensand beds of the American Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous. | |
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Marl \Marl\, v. t. [See {Marline}.] (Naut.) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding. {Marling spike}. (Naut.) See under {Marline}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Marl \Marl\, n. [OF. marle, F. marne, LL. margila, dim. of L. marga marl. Originally a Celtic word, according to Pliny, xvii. 7: [bd]Quod genus terr[91] Galli et Britanni margam vocant.[b8] [root]274.] A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See {Greensand}. | |
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Marl \Marl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marling}.] [Cf. F. marner. See {Marl}, n.] To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field. | |
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Greensand \Green"sand`\ (-s[?]nd`), n. (Geol.) A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime. Note: [hand]Greensand is often called {marl}, because it is a useful fertilizer. The greensand beds of the American Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous. | |
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Marl \Marl\, v. t. [See {Marline}.] (Naut.) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding. {Marling spike}. (Naut.) See under {Marline}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Marly \Marl"y\, a. [Compar. {Marlier}; superl. {Marliest}.] Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl. | |
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Merely \Mere"ly\, adv. 1. Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. Ulysses was to force forth his access, Though merely naked. --Chapman. 2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. Prize not your life for other ends Than merely to obige your friends. --Swift. Syn: Solely; simply; purely; barely; scarcely. | |
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Merl \Merl\, Merle \Merle\, n. [F. merle, L. merula, merulus. Cf. {Ousel}.] (Zo[94]l.) The European blackbird. See {Blackbird}. --Drayton. | |
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Merl \Merl\, Merle \Merle\, n. [F. merle, L. merula, merulus. Cf. {Ousel}.] (Zo[94]l.) The European blackbird. See {Blackbird}. --Drayton. | |
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Merrily \Mer"ri*ly\, adv. [From {Merry}.] In a merry manner; with mirth; with gayety and laughter; jovially. See {Mirth}, and {Merry}. Merrily sing, and sport, and play. --Granville. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Moral \Mor"al\, a. [F., fr. It. moralis, fr. mos, moris, manner, custom, habit, way of life, conduct.] 1. Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules. Keep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue. --Hooker. Mankind is broken loose from moral bands. --Dryden. She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness. --Hawthorne. 2. Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life. The wiser and more moral part of mankind. --Sir M. Hale. 3. Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty. A moral agent is a being capable of those actions that have a moral quality, and which can properly be denominated good or evil in a moral sense. --J. Edwards. 4. Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to {material} and {physical}; as, moral pressure or support. 5. Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to {legal} or {demonstrable}; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty. 6. Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales. {Moral agent}, a being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong. {Moral certainty}, a very high degree or probability, although not demonstrable as a certainty; a probability of so high a degree that it can be confidently acted upon in the affairs of life; as, there is a moral certainty of his guilt. {Moral insanity}, insanity, so called, of the moral system; badness alleged to be irresponsible. {Moral philosophy}, the science of duty; the science which treats of the nature and condition of man as a moral being, of the duties which result from his moral relations, and the reasons on which they are founded. {Moral play}, an allegorical play; a morality. [Obs.] {Moral sense}, the power of moral judgment and feeling; the capacity to perceive what is right or wrong in moral conduct, and to approve or disapprove, independently of education or the knowledge of any positive rule or law. {Moral theology}, theology applied to morals; practical theology; casuistry. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Moral \Mor"al\, n. 1. The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the plural. Corrupt in their morals as vice could make them. --South. 2. The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim. Thus may we gather honey from the weed, And make a moral of the devil himself. --Shak. To point a moral, or adorn a tale. --Johnson. We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters. --Macaulay. 3. A morality play. See {Morality}, 5. | |
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Moral \Mor"al\, v. i. To moralize. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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{Law of Charles} (Physics), the law that the volume of a given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled {Gay Lussac's law}, or {Dalton's law}. {Law of nations}. See {International law}, under {International}. {Law of nature}. (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature. See {Law}, 4. (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality deducible from a study of the nature and natural relations of human beings independent of supernatural revelation or of municipal and social usages. {Law of the land}, due process of law; the general law of the land. {Laws of honor}. See under {Honor}. {Laws of motion} (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac Newton: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as it is made to change that state by external force. (2) Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the direction in which the force is impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and in opposite directions. {Marine law}, or {Maritime law}, the law of the sea; a branch of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea, such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like. --Bouvier. {Mariotte's law}. See {Boyle's law} (above). {Martial law}.See under {Martial}. {Military law}, a branch of the general municipal law, consisting of rules ordained for the government of the military force of a state in peace and war, and administered in courts martial. --Kent. Warren's Blackstone. {Moral law},the law of duty as regards what is right and wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten commandments given by Moses. See {Law}, 2. {Mosaic}, [or] {Ceremonial}, {law}. (Script.) See {Law}, 3. {Municipal}, [or] {Positive}, {law}, a rule prescribed by the supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from international and constitutional law. See {Law}, 1. {Periodic law}. (Chem.) See under {Periodic}. {Roman law}, the system of principles and laws found in the codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws of the several European countries and colonies founded by them. See {Civil law} (above). {Statute law}, the law as stated in statutes or positive enactments of the legislative body. {Sumptuary law}. See under {Sumptuary}. {To go to law}, to seek a settlement of any matter by bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute some one. {To} {take, [or] have}, {the law of}, to bring the law to bear upon; as, to take the law of one's neighbor. --Addison. {Wager of law}. See under {Wager}. Syn: Justice; equity. Usage: {Law}, {Statute}, {Common law}, {Regulation}, {Edict}, {Decree}. Law is generic, and, when used with reference to, or in connection with, the other words here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one who has a right to require obedience. A statute is a particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of justice. A regulation is a limited and often, temporary law, intended to secure some particular end or object. An edict is a command or law issued by a sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A decree is a permanent order either of a court or of the executive government. See {Justice}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Morally \Mor"al*ly\, adv. 1. In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality. By good, good morally so called, [bd]bonum honestum[b8] ought chiefly to be understood. --South. 2. According to moral rules; virtuously. [bd]To live morally.[b8] --Dryden. 3. In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships. 4. In a manner calculated to serve as the basis of action; according to the usual course of things and human judgment; according to reason and probability. It is morally impossible for an hypocrite to keep himself long upon his guard. --L'Estrange. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Morel \Mor"el\, n. [See {Moril}.] (Bot.) An edible fungus ({Morchella esculenta}), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces. [Written also {moril}.] | |
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Morel \Mor"el\, n. [See {Morelle}.] (Bot.) 1. Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries. [Written also {morelle}.] 2. A kind of cherry. See {Morello}. {Great morel}, the deadly nightshade. {Petty morel}, the black nightshade. See {Nightshade}. | |
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Morel \Mor"el\, n. [See {Morelle}.] (Bot.) 1. Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries. [Written also {morelle}.] 2. A kind of cherry. See {Morello}. {Great morel}, the deadly nightshade. {Petty morel}, the black nightshade. See {Nightshade}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Morelle \Mo*relle"\, n. [F., orig. fem. of moreau black, OF. morel, fr. LL. morellus. Cf. {Morello}, {Murrey}.] (Bot.) Nightshade. See 2d {Morel}. | |
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Morel \Mor"el\, n. [See {Morelle}.] (Bot.) 1. Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries. [Written also {morelle}.] 2. A kind of cherry. See {Morello}. {Great morel}, the deadly nightshade. {Petty morel}, the black nightshade. See {Nightshade}. | |
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Morelle \Mo*relle"\, n. [F., orig. fem. of moreau black, OF. morel, fr. LL. morellus. Cf. {Morello}, {Murrey}.] (Bot.) Nightshade. See 2d {Morel}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Morello \Mo*rel"lo\, n. [Cf. It. morello blackish, OF. morel. Cf. {Morelle}.] (Bot.) A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and juice, -- used chiefly for preserving. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Morel \Mor"el\, n. [See {Moril}.] (Bot.) An edible fungus ({Morchella esculenta}), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces. [Written also {moril}.] | |
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Moril \Mor"il\, n. [F. morille; cf. OHG. morhila, G. morchel, OHG. morha carrot. See {More} a root.] (Bot.) An edible fungus. Same as 1st {Morel}. | |
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Morel \Mor"el\, n. [See {Moril}.] (Bot.) An edible fungus ({Morchella esculenta}), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces. [Written also {moril}.] | |
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Moril \Mor"il\, n. [F. morille; cf. OHG. morhila, G. morchel, OHG. morha carrot. See {More} a root.] (Bot.) An edible fungus. Same as 1st {Morel}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Morula \[d8]Mor"u*la\, n.; pl. {Morul[91]}. [NL., dim. of L. morum a mulberry.] (Biol.) The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its development; -- called also {mulberry mass}, {segmentation sphere}, and {blastosphere}. See {Segmentation}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mural \Mu"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See {Mure} a wall.] 1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant. [bd]Mural breach.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Mural fruit.[b8] --Evelyn. 2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice. {Mural circle} (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See {Circle}, n., 3. {Mural crown} (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and there lodged a standard. | |
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Mariah Hill, IN Zip code(s): 47556 | |
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Marilla, NY Zip code(s): 14102 | |
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Marlow, NH Zip code(s): 03456 Marlow, OK (city, FIPS 46600) Location: 34.63976 N, 97.96141 W Population (1990): 4416 (2116 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73055 | |
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Merrill, IA (city, FIPS 51375) Location: 42.72100 N, 96.24913 W Population (1990): 729 (277 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51038 Merrill, MI (village, FIPS 53180) Location: 43.40927 N, 84.33530 W Population (1990): 755 (280 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48637 Merrill, NY Zip code(s): 12955 Merrill, OR (city, FIPS 47700) Location: 42.02660 N, 121.59971 W Population (1990): 837 (367 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97633 Merrill, WI (city, FIPS 51250) Location: 45.18202 N, 89.70346 W Population (1990): 9860 (4045 housing units) Area: 17.4 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54452 | |
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Merry Hill, NC Zip code(s): 27957 | |
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Morley, IA (city, FIPS 54030) Location: 42.00655 N, 91.24656 W Population (1990): 85 (43 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Morley, MI (village, FIPS 55540) Location: 43.49124 N, 85.44604 W Population (1990): 528 (229 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49336 Morley, MO (city, FIPS 49988) Location: 37.04333 N, 89.61256 W Population (1990): 683 (298 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Morley, TN Zip code(s): 37766 | |
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Morral, OH (village, FIPS 52276) Location: 40.68993 N, 83.21306 W Population (1990): 373 (149 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43337 | |
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Morrill, KS (city, FIPS 48300) Location: 39.92912 N, 95.69426 W Population (1990): 299 (121 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66515 Morrill, ME Zip code(s): 04952 Morrill, NE (village, FIPS 32830) Location: 41.96405 N, 103.92384 W Population (1990): 974 (437 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69358 | |
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Murray Hill, KY (city, FIPS 54660) Location: 38.28983 N, 85.58591 W Population (1990): 619 (300 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Maril Machine description language used by the {Marion} code generator. ["The Marion System for Retargetable Instruction Scheduling", D.G. Bradlee et al, SIGPLAN Notices 26(6):229-240 (June 1991)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MORAL Mentioned in "An Overview of Ada", J.G.P. Barnes, Soft Prac & Exp 10:851-887 (1980). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Maralah trembling, a place on the southern boundary of Zebulun (Josh. 19:11). It has been identified with the modern M'alul, about 4 miles south-west of Nazareth. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Maralah, sleep; a sacrifice of myrrh; ascension |