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Murr vs Sal - What's the difference?

murr | sal |

As nouns the difference between murr and sal

is that murr is (obsolete) a catarrh or murr can be (onomatopoeia|colloquial|furry fandom) a purr (produced by any animal) while sal is salt.

As a verb murr

is (onomatopoeia|colloquial|of a person or animal|furry fandom) to purr.

murr

English

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. Perhaps imitative.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A catarrh.
  • *1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.12:
  • *:With them a Phthysique'' or consumption of the lungs is but an ordinary cough: A ''dysentery or bloody flux but a distemper of the stomacke; A pleurisie but a cold or murre ; and as they gently name them so they easily endure them.
  • * John Skelton
    • The woodhack that singeth 'chur', / Hoarsely, as he had the murr

    Etymology 2

    Imitative.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (onomatopoeia, colloquial, furry fandom) A purr (produced by any animal).
  • * 2003 March 30, "NallTWD" (username), FUR: "Boston Blues" (M/F- Lions)'', in fur.stories.erotica, ''Usenet :
    • Raion let out a contented murr ,
  • * 2004 , "Claudia" (username), STORY: The Three Sisters, part 8 ( Transform, Girl into Horse )'', in alt.sex.stories, ''Usenet :
    • Cathy rroww'ed like a cat in heat as her tom mated her, her breasts pressed deeply into the mattress, orgasming with a contented murr as the tom fertilized her
  • * 2007 , Teiran, The Hero , page 150:
    • The hyena let out a soft murr as the fox's paw gently rubbing in small circles across his forehead and down his neck. The gentle scratching felt good, so the hyena leaned into the paw.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (onomatopoeia, colloquial, of a person or animal, furry fandom) To purr.
  • * 1989 , Dawn Borrelli, Kate , page 101:
    • The cat murred and purred and tried to lick his face and David was filled with such happiness. All the doubts and misgivings of the past few hours fled and all that he knew was that Kate, his love and his life, was back with him.
  • * 1995 January 5, "Anne-Lise Pasch" (username), STORY: Retribution'', in alt.fan.furry, ''Usenet :
    • She murred in satisfaction.
  • * 2002', September 2, "sahd_ryoken" (username), ''*'''murrs * no shirt, jean shorts, and one hot dragon'', in alt.fan.dragons, ''Usenet
    • Derived terms
    * murrsuit ----

    sal

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry, obsolete) salt
    • Usage notes
    Was used predominantly to form the names of various chemical compounds.
    Derived terms
    * sal absinthii * sal acetosellae * sal alembroth * sal ammoniac * sal catharticus * sal culinarius * sal cyrenaicus * sal de duobus * sal duplicatum * sal diureticus * sal enixum * sal gemmae * sal jovis * sal martis * sal microcosmicum * sal plumbi * sal Saturni * sal sedativus * sal seignette * sal soda * sal vitrioli * sal volatile

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * saul, shala

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Shorea robusta , a dipterocarpaceous tree.
  • * 1989 , Thomas Weber, Hugging the trees: the story of the Chipko movement (page 18)
    • As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber.

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