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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mural \Mu"ral\, adjective [F., fr. L. muralis, fr. murus wall. See {Mure} a wall.]
1. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant. ''Mural breach.'' --Milton. ''Mural fruit.'' --Evelyn.
2. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice.
{Mural circle} (Astron.), a graduated circle, in the plane of the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular wall; -- used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See {Circle}, noun, 3.
{Mural crown} (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and there lodged a standard.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mural
adjective: of or relating to walls; "mural painting"
noun: a painting that is applied to a wall surface [syn: {wall painting}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "mural": abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, block print, collage, color print, copy, cyclorama, daub, diptych, engraving, fresco, icon, illumination, illustration, image, likeness, miniature, montage, mosaic, panorama, parietal, partitioned, photograph, picture, print, representation, reproduction, septal, stained glass window, stencil, still life, tableau, tapestry, triptych, wall painting, walled
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