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单词 murling
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murlingadj.

Brit. /ˈməːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmərlɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈmʌrlɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: murl v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < murl v. + -ing suffix2.
Now Scottish.
Crumbling; friable; (of a fire) smouldering. Also figurative.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > friable
lightc1400
resolute?1440
mouldery1600
murly1600
murling1610
chessom1626
open1647
putrid1656
overlight1707
shattery1728
well-broke1796
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decomposed > decomposing, crumbling, or melting away
moultering1568
mouldering1599
dissolving1686
deliquescent1792
murling1827
decomposing1833
disintegrating1872
moulding1907
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. viii. 19 A blackish moulde which is light, deepe, fat, sweet in taste and odour, murling, plyable, mellow, of moderate warmth.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 76 He disinterr'd their murlin' banes, And grund them into powther sma'.
1922 G. B. Dunbar Whiff o' Doric 39 Where the peat's murlin' licht Aften glints on the tears That aye droon her aul' een.
1957 Banffshire Jrnl. 23 July The fine guff o' that murlin' peat fire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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