单词 | murling |
释义 | murlingadj. Now Scottish. Crumbling; friable; (of a fire) smouldering. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1610 |
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