| Moor (moor) |
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| n. | (m***oomac]r) |
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| Moor |
| [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.] |
One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and
Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.
Any individual of the
swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan
religion.
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An extensive waste
covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but
sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.
A game preserve consisting of
moorland.
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| Moor (moor) |
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| v. t. | (m***oomac]r) |
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| Moor |
| [imp. ***
p. p. Moored (m&oomac]rd); p. pr. *** vb.
n. Mooring.] [Prob. fr. D. marren to tie,
fasten, or moor a ship. See Mar.] |
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.
Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.
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To cast anchor; to
become fast.
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