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Definition: Moor
Moor
n 1: one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and
Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century;
conqueror of Spain in the 8th century
2: open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and
bracken and moss [syn:
moorland]
v 1: secure in or as if in a berth or dock;
“tie up the boat”
[syn:
berth,
tie up]
2: come into or dock at a wharf;
“the big ship wharfed in the
evening” [syn:
berth,
wharf]
3: secure with cables or ropes;
“moor the boat”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Moor
Moor
\Moor\ (m[=oo]r), n. [F. More, Maure, L. Maurus a Moor, a
Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr. May^ros; cf.
may^ros black, dark. Cf.
Morris a dance,
Morocco.]
1. One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis,
and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.
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2. (Hist.) Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or
Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion.
“In
Spanish history the terms Moors, Saracens, and Arabs are
synonymous.” --Internat. Cyc.
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Moor
\Moor\ (m[=oo]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Moored (m[=oo]rd);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Mooring.] [Prob. fr. D. marren to tie,
fasten, or moor a ship. See
Mar.]
1. (Naut.) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular
place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or
chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they
moored the boat to the wharf.
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2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. --Brougham.
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Moor
\Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[=o]r moor, morass; akin to D.
moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere.
See
Mere a lake.]
1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and
having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and
abounding in peat; a heath.
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In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor.
--Carew.
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2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.
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Moor buzzard (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
Moor coal (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite.
Moor cock (Zo["o]l.), the male of the
moor fowl or red
grouse of Europe.
Moor coot. (Zo["o]l.) See
Gallinule.
Moor game. (Zo["o]l.) Same as
Moor fowl.
Moor grass (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass (
Sesleria c[ae]rulea
), found in mountain pastures of Europe.
Moor hawk (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier.
Moor hen. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The female of the
moor fowl.
(b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See
Gallinule.
(c) An Australian rail (
Tribonyx ventralis).
Moor monkey (Zo["o]l.), the black macaque of Borneo
(
Macacus maurus).
Moor titling (Zo["o]l.), the European stonechat
(
Pratinocola rubicola).
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Moor
\Moor\, v. i.
To cast anchor; to become fast.
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On oozy ground his galleys moor. --Dryden.
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