Glossop will return from his afternoon off to find the awful majesty of the Law waiting for him, complete with handcuffs. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XX: In fear of disease and in the interest of his health man will be muzzled and masked like a vicious dog, and that without any murmur of complaint. 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress: (50) In thy faint slumbers I by thee have watch'd, And heard thee murmur tales of iron wars Speak terms of manage to thy bounding steed Cry 'Courage to the field' And thou hast talk'd Of sallies and retires, of trenches, tents, Of palisadoes, frontiers, parapets, Of basilisks, of cannon, culverin, Of prisoners' ransom and of soldiers slain.A muttered complaint or protest the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice any expression of complaint or discontent.(medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.I lowered my voice to a confidential murmur, but on her inquiring if I had laryngitis raised it again. The moment had come for the honeyed word. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XI: The sentry at the entrance to the hatchway was supposed to ""prevent the prisoners from making a noise,"" but he put a very liberal interpretation upon the clause, and so long as the prisoners refrained from shouting, yelling, and fighting-eccentricities in which they sometimes indulged-he did not disturb them. In the prison of the tween decks reigned a darkness pregnant with murmurs. 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V.(countable) Low or indistinct sounds or speech.(transitive) To say (something) indistinctly, to mutter.I couldnt hear the words he just murmured a lot. (intransitive) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise to mumble, mutter.The iewes murmured att itt, because he sayde: I am thatt breed which is come doune from heven. Of sallies and retires, of trenches, tents, Of palisadoes, frontiers. To thick-eyed musing and cursed melancholy In thy faint slumbers I by thee have watch'd, And heard thee murmur tales of iron wars Speak terms of manage to thy bounding steed Cry 'Courage to the field' And thou hast talk'd. (intransitive, now rare) To grumble to complain in a low, muttering voice, or express discontent at or against someone or something. And given my treasures and my rights of thee.We can hardly expect him to accept an exemplary sentence without a murmur, so his first move will be to establish his innocence by revealing all.Murmur ( third-person singular simple present murmurs, present participle murmuring, simple past and past participle murmured) * 1960, , ( Jeeves in the Offing), chapter XX:.* 1960, , ( Jeeves in the Offing), chapter XI:.The sentry at the entrance to the hatchway was supposed to "prevent the prisoners from making a noise," but he put a very liberal interpretation upon the clause, and so long as the prisoners refrained from shouting, yelling, and fighting-eccentricities in which they sometimes indulged-he did not disturb them. In the prison of the 'tween decks reigned a darkness pregnant with murmurs. * 1874, ( Marcus Clarke), ( For the Term of His Natural Life), chapter V:.
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