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Webster 1913 Edition


Murrhine

Mur′rhine

,
Adj.
[L.
murrhinus
, fr.
murrha
: cf. F.
murrhin
.]
Made of the stone or material called by the Romans murrha; – applied to certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups;
as,
murrhine
vases, cups, vessels
.
Murrhine glass
,
glassware made in imitation of murrhine vases and cups.

Webster 1828 Edition


Murrhine

MUR'RHINE

,
Adj.
[L. murrhinus.] An epithet given to a delicate kind of ware or porcelain brought from the east; Pliny says from Carmania, now Kerman, in Persia.

Definition 2024


murrhine

murrhine

English

Adjective

murrhine (not comparable)

  1. Made of the stone or material called murrha by the Ancient Romans; applied to certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups.
    murrhine vases, cups, or vessels

Noun

murrhine (plural murrhines)

  1. Alternative form of murrine