murex6in

[Lat., ., murex; -oin ( Chem.).] Chem.: A product formed from amalic acid by the joint action of air and ammonia. It crystallizes from alcohol in four-sided prisms, having a vermilion color. It resembles murexide, but is decolorized by potash instead of being turned blue. mür-geon, s. [Etym, doubtful. Cf. Fr. morgue =a wry face, a grimace.] make mur 1. A grimace; a wry mouth. (Scotch.) "Neither shall Cuddy Headrigg geons or Jenny-flections."- Scott : Old Mortality , ch. vii. 2. A muttering, a grumbling. mür-I-a-çite, s. [From Eng. muriatic (acid), under the supposition that the substance was a verb.) C. As subst.: The act of unlawfully killing a Juman being; murder. murdering-piece, s. [MURDERER, 2.] *mür der-ment, s. [Eng. murder; -ment.] The act of murdering; murder. mür'-der-oŭs, *mür-ther-ous, a . [Eng. murder; -ous .] 1. Guilty of murder; indulging in murder or the taking of life; bloody, sanguinary, bloodthirsty. Min.: The same as ANHYDRITE (q.v.). mür-i-ate, s. [Eng., ., muri ( atic ); -ate .] Chem.: Asalt of muriatic acid.