mural crown

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mural crown - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mural \Mu"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See
     Mure a wall.]
     1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall;
        growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.
        "Mural breach." --Milton. "Mural fruit." --Evelyn.
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     2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural
        precipice.
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     Mural circle (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of
        the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular
        wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See
        Circle, n., 3.
  
     Mural crown (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of
        gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on
        him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and
        there lodged a standard.
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