Mufti – Murray
Mufti
the title of a high Turkish office. The Grand Mufti or Sheikh-ul- Islam is the head of the great corporation of Ulema, the interpreters of the Koran, by whose decisions (when written down, Fetwas) the cadis have to judge. The chief of the Ulema is little less powerful than the grand vizier.
Muir Glacier
an Alaskan glacier discovered in 1878 by John Muir. The ice forming it flows down the slope of Mount Fairweather, over 15,000 feet high, and enters Glacier Bay, forming a wall of ice nearly two miles long long and from 135 to 200 feet high. From the lower end break off great icebergs which are carried away to sea.
Mullanite
a mineral consisting of lead sulph-antimonite. Occurs as slenfor the plant Verbascum Thapsus, natural order Scrophulariaceæ. The common mullein grows in old fields, roadsides,
Mullion
a vertical division between the lights of windows, screens, etc., in Gothic architecture. Mullions are rarely found earlier than the Early English style. The term is also applied to the division between the panels in wainscotting.
Mural Arch
a wall, or walled arch, placed exactly in the plane of the meridian line for fixing a large quadrant, sextant, or other instrument, to observe the meridian altitudes, etc., of the heavenly bodies.
MURAT
Mural Crown
the corona muralis of the Romans; a wreath, chaplet, or crown of gold, indented and embattled, given by the Romans to the soldier who first mounted a breach in storming a town.
Murex
plural MURICES, in zoölogy, the typical genus of the family Muricida.
It is of world-wide distribution, and 180 species are known. M. tenuispina is popularly known as Venus's comb.
Murfree
MARY NOAILLES, pseudonym CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK, an American novelist; born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan. 24, 1850. She wrote: "In the Tennessee Mountains," (1884); "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains" (1885); "In the Clouds" (1886); "The Amulet" (1906); "The Raid of the Guerilla" (1912); "The Story of Duciehurst" (1914).
Murghab
a river that rises in the mountains N. E. of Herat in Afghanistan, flows N. W., and loses itself in the desert of Turkestan beyond Merv.
MURIATIC ACID MURPHY
Murom
a city of Russia, in the Government of Vladimir. It is situated on the Oka river. Prior to the World War it had important manufactures and extensive trade in grain. Pop. about 20,000.
Murrain
an infectious disease among domestic animals, especially cattle; an epizoötic disease or cattle-plague of any kind, especially the foot-andmouth disease.
Murray
ARTHUR, American soldier; born in Bowling Green, Mo., in 1851, he graduated from the U. S. Mili- His works include: "A Manual for Court-Martial" and "Manual of Arms."