murmurous (mermerus)

[ It was a sleepy nook by day, where it is now all life and vigilance; it was dark and still at noon, where it is now bright and murmurous . Harper's Mag ., LXXVIII. 148. And all about the large lime feathers low, The lime a summer home of murmurous wings. Tennyson, Gardener's Daughter. 2. Exciting murmur or complaint. Round his swoln heart the murmurous fury rolls. Pope , Ody ey, xx. 19. 3. Expre ing itself in murmurs. The murmurous woe of kindreds, tongues, and peoples Swept in on every gale. Whittier, In Remembrance of Joseph Sturge. murmurously (mėrʼmėr-us-li), adv . With a low monotonous sound; with murmurs. murnivalt (mer'ni-val), n . [ Also mournival , mournifal ; murnival is either all the aces, the four kings, queens, or knaves, and a gleek is three of any of the aforesaid. Compleat Gamester (1680), p. 68. ( Nares .) murmur (mėr'mèr), v. [ OF. (and F.) murmurer = Sp. murmurar , mor IMG:content-1112.jpg:[blocks in formation] Cen. Let a protest go out against him. Mirth . A mournival of protests, or a gleek at least. B. Jonson, Staple of News, iv. 1. murr2 (mer), v. i. [Imitative; cf. purr.] To