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Webster 1913 Edition
Moorish
Moor′ish
,Adj.
[From 2d
Moor
.] Having the characteristics of a moor or heath.
“Moorish fens.” Thomson.
Moor′ish
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors.
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
.Webster 1828 Edition
Moorish
MOOR'ISH
,Adj.
Along the moorish fens.
1.
Pertaining to the Moors in Africa.