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Webster 1913 Edition

Moor

Moor

(moōr)
,
Noun.
[F.
More
,
Maure
, L.
Maurus
a Moor, a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr.
Μαῦρος
; cf.
μαῦροσ
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.
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.

Moor

,
Noun.
[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.
In her girlish age she kept sheep on the
moor
.
Carew.
2.
A game preserve consisting of moorland.
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
).

Moor

(moōr)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Moored
(moōrd)
;
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.
2.
Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.
Brougham.

Moor

,
Verb.
I.
To cast anchor; to become fast.
On oozy ground his galleys
moor
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Moor

MOOR

, n.
1.
A tract of land overrun with heath.
2.
A marsh; a fen; a tract of wet low ground, or ground covered with stagnant water.

MOOR

,
Noun.
[Gr. dark, obscure.] A native of the northern coast of Africa, called by the Romans from the color of the people, Mauritania, the country of dark-complexioned people. The same country is now called Morocco, Tunis, Algiers, &c.

MOOR

,
Verb.
T.
[L. moror.] To confine or secure a ship in a particular station, as by cables and anchors or by chains. A ship is never said to be moored, when she rides by a single anchor.

MOOR

,
Verb.
I.
To be confined by cables or chains.
On oozy ground his galleys moor.

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