NICHOLAS MURRAY ["KIRWAN".]
\nˈɪkələs mˈʌɹe͡ɪ kˈɜːwən], \nˈɪkələs mˈʌɹeɪ kˈɜːwən], \n_ˈɪ_k_ə_l_ə_s m_ˈʌ_ɹ_eɪ__ k_ˈɜː_w_ə_n]\
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An American Presbyterian clergyman, and controversial and didactic writer; born in Ireland, Dec. 25, 1802; died 1861. He was settled at Elizabethtown, N. J. Among his works were: "Letters to Bishop Hughes" (collective ed. revised and enlarged, 1855), translated into several languages; "Romanism at Home" (1852); "Men and Things as I Saw Them in Europe" (1853); "Preachers and Preaching" (1860); etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.