murmur (mermer)

[ sound; a hum. In that Vale heren men often tyme grete Tempestes and Thondres and grete Murmures and Noyses, alle dayes and nyghtes. Mandeville , Travels, p. 281. The current that with gentle murmur glides. The still murmur of the honey-bee. Shak., T. G. of V., ii. 7. 25. Keats, To My Brother George. 2. A muttered complaint or protest; the expre ion of di atisfaction in a low muttering voice; hence, any expre ion of complaint or discontent. Murmur also is oft among servants and grutchen when hir soveraines bidden hem do leful thinges. Chaucer , Parson's Tale. Palomydon, the proud kyng, prise of the Grekes, Made murmur full mekyll in the mene tyme. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 7196. Dryden , Spanish Friar, iv. 2. Some discontents there are, some idle murmurs . See dynamic. - Flint's murmur, a murmur resembling that of mitral stenosis as developed in cases of aortic regurgitation in which there is no mitral stenosis. - Normal vesicular murmur, the respiratory sounds of health, including the inspiratory and expiratory divisions. - Regurgitant cardiac murmurs, murmurs produced by the blood as it rushes back past a leaky valve. -Respiratory murmur, the sound of the breathing as heard in auscultating the chest. Also called respiration. IMG:content-1111.png:[blocks in formation] murphy (mèr'fi), n.; pl. murphies (-fiz). [So called from the Irish surname Murphy; appar. in allusion to the fact that the potato is the staple article of food among the Irish-it is called the "Irish potato" in distinction from the sweet potato.] A potato. [Colloq.] You come along down to Sally Harrowell's; that's our school-house tuck-shop - she bakes such stunning mur phies , we'll have a penn'orth each for tea. murr1, n. T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, i. 6. See mur3 . They murmured as doth a swarm of been. Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 196. The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. Shak ., Lear, iv. 6. 20. purr as a cat. Hogg . [Scotch.] I, drawn near, The murmuring of her gentle voice could hear, As waking one hears music in the morn. John vi. 41. Since our disappointment at Guiaquil, Capt. Davis's Men murmured against Captain Swan, and did not willingly give him any Provision, because he was not so forward to go thither as Capt. Davis. Dampier , Voyages, I. 160. =Syn. 3. To repine, whimper. II. trans. To utter indistinctly; say in a low indistinct voice; mutter. I... heard thee murmur tales of iron wars. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 3. 51. Though his old complaints he murmured still, He scarcely thought his life so lost and ill. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 156. murmurationt (mér-me-rā'shon), n. [ murmur a cio us murmur a cion , F. murmu ration = Sp. murmur a cion , mormuracion = Pg. murmur ação = It. mor mor azione , murmur azione , murat a murmuring, murmu rare, pp. murmur at us , murmur: see murmur , v .] 1. Murmuring; discontent; grumbling. After bakbityng cometh grucchyng or murmuracioun . Chaucer , Parson's Tale. 2. In falconry, a gathering of starlings. murmurer (mèr'mer-er), n. One who murmurs; one who complains sullenly; a grumbler. murmuring (mer'mer-ing), n. [Verbal n. of murmur, v.] A continuous murmur; a low confused noise. As when you hear the murmuring of a throng. Drayton , David and Goliath. murmuring (mer'mer-ing), p. a. 1. Making or consisting in a low continuous noise. Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pa into her face. Words worth, Three Years She Grew. 2. Uttering complaints in a low voice or sullen manner; grumbling; complaining: as, a person of a murmuring disposition. murmuringly (mer'mer-ing-li), adv. With murmurs; with complaints. murmurish (mer'mer-ish), a. [ Lancet , No. 3411, p. 78. See murmur , n., 3.