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a. That may be demurred to. Stormonth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. demorage delay. See Demur. ] (Law) (a) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing. (b) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention. [ 1913 Webster ]

The claim for demurrage ceases as soon as the ship is cleared out and ready for sailing. M‘Culloch. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is also applied to similar delays and allowances in land carriage, by wagons, railroads, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Demur; delay in acting or deciding. [ 1913 Webster ]

The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troops from assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who demurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further. [ 1913 Webster ]

Demurrer to evidence, an exception taken by a party to the evidence offered by the opposite party, and an objecting to proceed further, on the allegation that such evidence is not sufficient in law to maintain the issue, and a reference to the court to determine the point. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. abbrev. from murrain. ] A catarrh. [ Obs. ] Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. moreine, OF. morine, fr. OF. morir, murir, 8die, L. mori, moriri. ] (Far.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

A murrain on you, may you be afflicted with a pestilent disease. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having, or afflicted with, murrain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A glucoside found in the flowers of a plant (Murraya exotica) of South Asia, and extracted as a white amorphous slightly bitter substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of sea birds of the genus Uria, or Catarractes; a guillemot. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The murres are allied to the auks, and are abundant on the northern coasts of Europe and America. They often breed in large communities on the projecting ledges of precipituous cliffs, laying one or two large eggs on the bare rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Murre + -let. ] (Zool.) One of several species of sea birds of the genera Synthliboramphus and Brachyramphus, inhabiting the North Pacific. They are closely related to the murres. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. morée a dark red color, mor blackish brown, fr. L. morum mulberry, blackberry, or fr. Maurus a Moor. Cf. Mulberry, Moor, Morelle. ] A dark red color. -- a. Of a dark red color. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Murrhine glass, glassware made in imitation of murrhine vases and cups. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Murrain. ] Infected with or killed by murrain. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A morion. See Morion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Muraena. [ 1913 Webster ]