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Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.
  2. a. Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice.
  3. adj. of or relating to walls
  4. n. a painting that is applied to a wall surface
  5. 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, n., 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.
  6. n:100 n. a painting that is applied to a wall surface a. of or relating to walls