murgeon (merjon)

[Formerly morgeoun; cf. F. morgue, a wry face, morguer, make a wry face: see morguel.] 1. A wry mouth; a grimace; also, a grotesque posturing. Prelacy is like the great golden image in the plain of Dura, and as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were borne out in refusing to bow down and worship, so neither shall Cuddy Headrigg make murgeons , or jenny flections, as they ca' them, in the house of the prelates and curates. Scott, Old Mortality, vii. 2. A murmur; a muttering or grumbling. muriacite (mu'ri-a-sit), n. [ muriate (mū'ri-āt), v. t.; pret. and pp. muriated, ppr. muriating. [ Early fruits of some plants, when muriated or pickled, are justly esteemed. Evelyn, Acetaria, § 12.