Murrey

Murrey
For the English cricketer, see Barbara Murrey.
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In heraldry, murrey is a "stain", an occasionally used tincture.

According to dictionaries, murrey is the colour of mulberries, somewhere between gules (red) and purpure (violet), almost maroon;[1] but examples registered in Canada[2] and Scotland[3] show it as a reddish brown.

The Flag of the Second Spanish Republic (in the 1930s) was a tricolour of horizonal stripes of red, yellow and murrey.

References

  1. ^ Heraldic dictionary at Flags of the World . Accessed 14 July 2009.
  2. ^ Crest of William Dale Murray: "Issuant from an antique crown or a bison's head in trian aspect murrey accorné or." Canadian Public Register, vol IV, p 292.
  3. ^ Arms of ____ Brown: "Murrey; a chevron between two fleurs de lys in chief and a plough in base, or." Public Register, vol 71, p 26.
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  • Murrey — Mur rey, n. [OF. mor[ e]e 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • murrey — [mʉr′ē] n. [ME murry < OFr moree, a dark red color < ML moratum < L morum,MULBERRY] a dark purplish red color; mulberry adj. of this color …   English World dictionary

  • murrey — /merr ee/, n. a dark purplish red color. [1375 1425; late ME murrey, morrey < MF moré (adj. and n.), morée (n.) < ML moratum, morata, neut. and fem. of moratus, equiv. to L mor(um) mulberry + atus ATE1] * * * …   Universalium

  • Murrey — Recorded as MacMurray, McMurray, Murray, Murrey, Moray, Merries and Merry, this interesting surname is of Irish, Scottish and Anglo Saxon origins of which it has four! The first is locational from Moray in North East Scotland. This is thought to… …   Surnames reference

  • Murrey Bowling — is the United States largest independent family owned bowling equipment manufacturer and licensed general building contractor. Murrey is a world class bowling lane equipment manufacturer and general building contractor that specializes in… …   Wikipedia

  • murrey — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French muré, from Medieval Latin moratum, from neuter of moratus mulberry colored, from Latin morum mulberry more at mulberry Date: 15th century a purplish black ; mulberry …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • murrey — noun /məriː/ a) The mulberry fruit. b) A tincture, the colour of mulberries, between gules and purpure …   Wiktionary

  • Murrey — The dark purple red of the mulberry fruit s juice; the range of colour carries from purple to a reddish brown. The word was also used of cloth and stained glass so coloured. [< Lat. morum = mulberry, fruit of the mulberry] …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • Murrey — …   Deutsch namen

  • murrey — [ mʌri] noun archaic the deep purple red colour of a mulberry. ↘Heraldry another term for sanguine. Origin ME: via OFr. from med. L. moratus, from morum mulberry …   English new terms dictionary

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