ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mure

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /mjʊə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Mure is a noun meaning (obsolete) wall.

Meaning

(obsolete) wall.

More Meanings

  1. (obsolete) husks of fruit from which the juice has been squeezed. Perhaps an old spelling of myrrh
  2. (obsolete) mural (as a postmodifier)
  3. (obsolete) to wall in or fortify
  4. (archaic) To enclose or imprison within walls.

Example Sentences

The five kings are mured in a cave.
Therewith he mured up his mouth along, And therein shut up his blasphemous tong
Th' incessant care and labour of his mind Hath wrought the mure that should confine it in

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Related dictionary entries include wough, vamure, murrain, murian, murrin, vallum.

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