Muir
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Muir is a noun meaning (especially Scotland, Northern England) A moor.
Meaning
(especially Scotland, Northern England) A moor.
Example Sentences
[…] and Coquet's streams are glittrin, as they rin frae muir to main […]
Tho' four lang miles was he fra heayme, / Besides a muir to cross, / By haunted cairns an boggle steaynes, […]
[…] Mr. Cuming brought a declarator of common property in, and division of, the muirs in question. Pleaded for the Pursuer.—The pursuer's special infestment in the muirs as parts of the barony of Coxtoun excluded the defender, […]
Word Forms
- muirs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sheriff, annual, bog, heathland, heath, moorland.
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