Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
muricate .
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Examples
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For the bulge of the breast is steep, and ribbed with hoops coming up in denial, concrete with chalk, muricated with flint, and thornily crested with good stout furze.
Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004
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To a scrimpy and screwy man, of the type most abundant, such a position would have done a deal of harm, shutting him up into his own shell harder, and flinting its muricated horns against the world.
Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004
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For the bulge of the breast is steep, and ribbed with hoops coming up in denial, concrete with chalk, muricated with flint, and thornily crested with good stout furze.
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To a scrimpy and screwy man, of the type most abundant, such a position would have done a deal of harm, shutting him up into his own shell harder, and flinting its muricated horns against the world.
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Shell small, thick, wide on the abdominal side; ribs strong and radiating; muricated; anterior side short.
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