*moor*

n. See Blackamoor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Exmoor, a district in Somersetshire and Devonshire. ] 1. One of a breed of horned sheep of Devonshire, England, having white legs and face and black nostrils. They are esp. valuable for mutton. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A breed of ponies native to the Exmoor district. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ Homo- + organ. ] Same as Homoplast. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Hist.) Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Muslim religion. “In Spanish history the terms Moors, Saracens, and Arabs are synonymous.” Internat. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. mor, AS. mōr 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moor buzzard (Zool.), the marsh harrier. [ Prov. Eng. ] --
Moor coal (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite. --
Moor cock (Zool.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe. --
Moor coot. (Zool.) See Gallinule. --
Moor game. (Zool.) Same as Moor fowl. --
Moor grass (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass (Sesleria caerulea), found in mountain pastures of Europe. --
Moor hawk (Zool.), the marsh harrier. --
Moor hen. (Zool.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See Gallinule. (c) An Australian rail (Tribonyx ventralis). --
Moor monkey (Zool.), the black macaque of Borneo (Macacus maurus). --
Moor titling (Zool.), the European stonechat (Pratinocola rubicola). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Moored 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To cast anchor; to become fast. [ 1913 Webster ]

On oozy ground his galleys moor. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A place for mooring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A fresh-water alga (Cladophora Aegagropila) which forms a globular mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Moorpan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female Moor; a Moorish woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) 1. A reddish-brown grouse (Lagopus Scoticus) of upland moors of Great Britain; the European ptarmigan, or red grouse, also called the moorgame.
Syn. -- red grouse, moorbird, moorgame, Lagopus scoticus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The European heath grouse. See under Heath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The moorfowl.
Syn. -- red grouse, moorbird, Lagopus scoticus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) 1. A black gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) that inhabits ponds and lakes.
Syn. -- Gallinula chloropus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The female of the moor fowl; the moor hen. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. The place or condition of a ship thus confined. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the tossed bark in moorings swings. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mooring block (Naut.), a heavy block of cast iron sometimes used as an anchor for mooring vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From 2d Moor. ] Having the characteristics of a moor or heath. “Moorish fens.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See 1st Moor, and cf. Morris, Moresque. ] Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moorish architecture, the style developed by the Moors in the later Middle Ages, esp. in Spain, in which the arch had the form of a horseshoe, and the ornamentation admitted no representation of animal life. It has many points of resemblance to the Arabian and Persian styles, but should be distinguished from them. See Illust. under Moresque. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. mōrland. ] Land consisting of a moor or moors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Hard pan, under Hard. ] A clayey layer or pan underlying some moors, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A species of English granite, used as a building stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A species of cassowary (Casuarius Bennetti) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is bilobed; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to moors; marshy; fenny; boggy; moorish. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

As when thick mists arise from moory vales. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of blue cloth made in India. Balfour (Cyc of India). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. smorian; akin to D. & LG. smoren, G. schmoren to stew. Cf. Smother. ] To suffocate or smother. [ Written also smore. ] [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Sir T. More. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + moor. ] (Naut.) (a) To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors. (b) To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]