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mural

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mural  \Mu"ral\,  a.  [F.,  fr  L.  muralis  fr  murus  wall.  See 
  {Mure}  a  wall.] 
  1.  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  wall;  being  on  or  in  a  wall; 
  growing  on  or  against,  a  wall;  as  a  mural  quadrant. 
  ``Mural  breach.''  --Milton.  ``Mural  fruit.''  --Evelyn. 
 
  2.  Resembling  a  wall;  perpendicular  or  steep;  as  a  mural 
  precipice. 
 
  {Mural  circle}  (Astron.),  a  graduated  circle,  in  the  plane  of 
  the  meridian,  attached  permanently  to  a  perpendicular 
  wall;  --  used  for  measuring  arcs  of  the  meridian.  See 
  {Circle},  n.,  3. 
 
  {Mural  crown}  (Rom.  Antiq.),  a  golden  crown,  or  circle  of 
  gold  indented  so  as  to  resemble  a  battlement,  bestowed  on 
  him  who  first  mounted  the  wall  of  a  besieged  place  and 
  there  lodged  a  standard. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mural 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  walls;  "mural  painting" 
  n  :  a  painting  that  is  applied  to  a  wall  surface  [syn:  {wall 
  painting}]




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