单词 | murr |
释义 | † murrn. Obsolete. Catarrh, coryza; an attack of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [noun] > common cold or catarrh poseOE rheuma1398 cold?a1425 snekec1440 refraidourc1450 murr1451 gravedity1547 coldment1578 snorea1585 catarrh1588 coqueluche1611 gravediny1620 coryza1634 snurl1674 catch-cold1706 gravedo1706 common cold1713 coolth?1748 snuffles1770 snifters1808 influenza cold1811 snaffles1822 the sniffles1825 snuffiness1834 crying cold1843 flu1899 1451 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 243 On of þe tallest younge men of þis parysch lyth syke and hath a grette myrre. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 329 He ratelyd in the throte as he had the murre. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 3 b The brayne exceding in cold hath The head disposed..to pooses and murres. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 3 If the head doth ake by reason of a morre or runninge. ?1585 W. C. Aduentures Ladie Egeria sig. K2v This noble Duches Egeria,..that many forraine Princes came to reuerence..for remedy against..murres and megrams. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xii. 620 With them a..consumption of the lungs, is but an ordinary cough..: A pleurisie, but a cold or murre. 1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke ii. i. 81 Old men surprised with murrhes and distillations. 1630 J. Taylor Vrania lviii On his death bed grunting like a hog: And almost speechlesse with his rattling Murr. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xiv. 121 The milk of any beast chewing the cud..is very ill for rhumes, murs, coughes [etc.]. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 181 Hence, the Murr or stuffing of the Head, Rheums, or Catarrhs..are so rife amongst us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). murrv. Now Scottish and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (intransitive)] yerrOE discorda1398 jangle1494 missoundc1500 jara1529 jarglec1550 harsh1582 chide1594 caterwaul1621 murr1662 wrangle1816 girl1820 crank1827 saxophone1927 1662 Tryal Sir H. Vane 87 Then the Trumpets were ordered to sound or murre in his face, with a contemptible noise, to hinder his being heard. 2. intransitive. Of a cat: to purr. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [verb (intransitive)] > purr purr1657 murr1807 1807 J. Hogg Mountain Bard 80 Sandy heard a noise, like baudrons Murring i' the bed at e'en. 1834 A. Smart Rambling Rhymes 126 When ower the fire he murrin' sat, Ye never saw a statelier cat. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes II. xviii. 168 Hearkenin' to the water, as it comes murrin', and souffin', and gurglin', on to me. 1873 J. Ogg Willie Waly 39 Ay, pussie mur an' shak' yer tail. 1963 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 369/1 . This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1451v.1662 |
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