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Pronunciation : Moor
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. More, Maure, L. Maurus a Moor, a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr. Morris a dance, Morocco.]
Definition : 1. One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.

2. (Hist.)

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Moor
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. mor, AS. mor moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See Mere a lake.]
Definition : 1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. Carew.

2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. Moor buzzard (Zo?l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] -- Moor coal (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite. -- Moor cock (Zo?l.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe. -- Moor coot. (Zo?l.) See Gallinule. -- Moor fowl. (Zo?l.) (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse (Lagopus Scoticus). (b) The European heath grouse. See under Heath. -- Moor game. (Zo?l.) Same as Moor fowl (above). -- Moor grass (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass (Sesleria c?rulea), found in mountain pastures of Europe. -- Moor hawk (Zo?l.), the marsh harrier. -- Moor hen. (Zo?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?l.), the black macaque of Borneo (Macacus maurus). -- Moor titling (Zo?l.), the European stonechat (Pratinocola rubicola).
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Moor
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Prob. fr. D. marren to tie, fasten, or moor a ship. See Mar.]
Definition : 1. (Naut.)

Defn: 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.

2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. Brougham.

t. [imp. & p. p. Moored; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooring.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Moor
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cast anchor; to become fast. On oozy ground his galleys moor. Dryden.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913