Definitions For Mure

Verb

mures , muring , mured (obsolete) to wall in or fortify (obsolete) To enclose or imprison within walls. : (Spenser) : The five kings are mured in a cave. — John. x. (Heading).

Adjective

(not comparable) (obsolete) mural (as a postmodifier)

Noun

MURE (plural MUREs) (obsolete) wall : No, no; he cannot long hold out these pangs. : Th' incessant care and labour of his mind : Hath wrought the mure that should confine it in : — Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part II, [IV, 4], line 2870 (obsolete) husks of fruit from which the juice has been squeezed. Perhaps an old spelling of myrrh

Etymology

From {{etyl, fro, en}} murer, , to close by a wall, from {{etyl, la, en}} murus, , wall. Related to {{cog, de, Mauer, , wall}}.

Anagrams

Meru