muri

a. 1. Put in brine. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Photog.) Prepared with chloride of silver through the agency of common salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. muriaticus pickled, from muria brine: cf. F. muriatique. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric. [ 1913 Webster ]

Muriatic acid, hydrochloric acid, HCl; -- formerly called also marine acid, and spirit of salt. See hydrochloric, and the Note under Muriate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Muriatic + -ferous. ] (Old Chem.) Producing muriatic substances or salt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. muricatus, fr. murex a pointed rock or stone. ] Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Murex + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Murex, or family Muricidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Minutely muricate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. muria brine. ] (Old Chem.) Bromine; -- formerly so called from its being obtained from sea water. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. murus a wall + -form. ] (Bot.) Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue. [ 1913 Webster ]