Definition of Murlins

1. n. A seaweed. See Baddrelocks.

Definition of Murlins

1. murlin [n] - See also: murlin

Medical Definition of Murlins

1. A seaweed. See Baddrelocks. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Murlins

murkish
murkly
murks
murksome
murky
murl
murlain
murlains
murlan
murlans
murled
murlier
murliest
murlin
murling
murlins (current term)
murls
murly
murmanite
murmur
murmur vowel
murmuration
murmurations
murmured
murmurer
murmurers
murmuring
murmuringly
murmurings
murmurous

Literary usage of Murlins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, from the by Joseph Strutt, James Robinson Planché (1842)
"Mr. Parkhurst supposes them to have been the same as the Turkish murlins,* which are thus described by a lady, who had frequent opportunities of seeing them ..."

2. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"No woman, of what rank soever, is permitted to go into the streets without two murlins; one that covers her face all but her eyes, and another that hides ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1806)
"... called by the Turks murlins, two veils, one that covers the face, all but the eyes, another that hides the whole dress of the head, and hangs half way ..."

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