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Definition of Murlins
1. n. A seaweed. See Baddrelocks.
Definition of Murlins
1. murlin [n] - See also: murlin
Medical Definition of Murlins
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Murlins
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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