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Definition of Murrine
1. Noun. a glass mosaic cane made by fusing together layers of coloured glass ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Murrine
1. pertaining to murra [adj] - See also: murra
Lexicographical Neighbors of Murrine
Literary usage of Murrine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beginnings of Porcelain in China by Berthold Laufer, Henry Windsor Nichols (1917)
"THE INTRODUCTION OF CERAMIC GLAZES INTO CHINA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE
murrine VASES We know at present as a fact that glazed pottery first appeared ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1788)
"We contend only, that Pliny does not mean porcelain by murrine cups ; and that
the lines in Propertius will bear ..."
3. Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture: In Two Volumes. by Thomas Harmer (1787)
"... murrine cups were not porcelain, may have been, it's being much more commonly
called china, ... murrine cups were made by the potters of Parthia. ..."
4. The British World in the East: A Guide Historical, Moral, and Commercial, to by Leitch Ritchie (1846)
"... by the Romans in coloured glass; and silica, which is a large constituent part
of porcelain, is the basis of glass. The murrine and crystalline cups, ..."
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