Moor /(mo͡or)/

Moor

n.
  1. One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.
  2. Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Muslim religion. (Hist.)

Moor

n.
  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.
  2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.

Phrases & Compounds
Moor buzzard
the marsh harrier.
Moor coal
a friable variety of lignite.
Moor cock
the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe.
Moor coot
See Gallinule.
Moor game
Same as Moor fowl.
Moor grass
a tufted perennial grass (Sesleria caerulea), found in mountain pastures of Europe.
Moor hawk
the marsh harrier.
Moor hen
The female of the moor fowl.
Moor monkey
the black macaque of Borneo (Macacus maurus).
Moor titling
the European stonechat (Pratinocola rubicola).

Moor

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Moored; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooring

  1. 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. (Naut.)
  2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.

Moor

v. i.
  1. To cast anchor; to become fast.
    On oozy ground his galleys moor.