Hypertext Webster Gateway: "immuring"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Immure \Im*mure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Immuring}.] [Pref. im- in + mure: cf. F. emmurer.]
1. To wall around; to surround with walls. [Obs.] --Sandys.

2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to
shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.

Those tender babes Whom envy hath immured within
your walls. --Shak.

This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour,
immures us round. --Milton.


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