murderer (merderer)

[Also and more orig. murtherer; In that Yle is no Thief, ne Mordrere , ne comoun Woman, ne pore beggere, ne nevere was man slayn in that Contree. Mandeville, Travels, p. 292. 21. Some destructive piece of ordnance. One kind thus named was usually placed, on shipboard, at the bulkheads of the forecastle, half-deck, and steerage, and used to prevent an enemy from boarding. Also murdering E. Tucker man , Genera Lichenum, p. 138. Muranese (mü-ra-nēs' or -nēz'), a. [ Murano (see def.) + -ese .] Of or belonging to Murano, piece. an island town near Venice, celebrated for its gla -manufactories. Murano gla . See gla . Mura tori an (mu-ra-to'ri-an), a. [ Muratori (see def.) + -an .] Of or pertaining to L. A. Muratori (1672-1750), an Italian scholar.-Mu- ratorian fragment (or canon), a list of the New Testa- ment writings, edited by Muratori. It dates probably from the second century. written about A. D. 170. The Mura tori an fragment on the Canon must have been Athenœum, No. 3232, p. 447. But we, hauing a Murtherer in the round house, kept the Larbord side cleere, whilst our men with the other Ordnance and Musquets playd vpon their ships. John Taylor , Works (1630). ( Nares .) Mr. Vines landed his goods at Machias, and there set up defend it. a small wigwam, and left five men and two murderers to Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 152. =Syn. 1. Manslayer, cutthroat, a a in, thug. See killl , murdere (mér'der-es), n. [Also murdre ; murder + -e .] A female who commits murder. v. t. Hast thou no end, O fate, of my affliction? Was I ordain'd to be a common murdre ?