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[moo
r] 
–noun
| 1. | a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath. |
| 2. | a tract of land preserved for game. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME more, OE mōr; c. D moer, G Moor marsh
bef. 900; ME more, OE mōr; c. D moer, G Moor marsh
Related forms:
moory, adjective
moor
2 [moor] –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines. |
| 2. | to fix firmly; secure. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to moor a ship, small boat, etc. |
| 4. | to be made secure by cables or the like. |
–noun
| 5. | the act of mooring. |
Moor
[moor] –noun
| 1. | a Muslim of the mixed Berber and Arab people inhabiting NW Africa. |
| 2. | a member of this group that invaded Spain in the 8th century a.d. and occupied it until 1492. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME More < MF, var. of Maure < L Maurus < Gk Maûros
1350–1400; ME More < MF, var. of Maure < L Maurus < Gk Maûros
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| moor 1 (mŏŏr) v. moored, moor·ing, moors v. tr.
[Middle English moren.] |
| moor 2 (mŏŏr) n. A broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained, with patches of heath and peat bogs. [Middle English mor, from Old English mōr.] |
| Moor (mŏŏr) n.
[Middle English More, from Old French, from Medieval Latin Mōrus, from Latin Maurus, Mauritanian, from Greek Mauros.] |
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Moor
Moor\, n. [F. More, Maure, L. Maurus a Moor, a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr. ?; cf. ? 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 Mohammedan religion. "In Spanish history the terms Moors, Saracens, and Arabs are synonymous." --Internat. Cyc.Moor
Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[=o]r 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 (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] Moor coal (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite. Moor cock (Zo["o]l.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe. Moor coot. (Zo["o]l.) See Gallinule. Moor fowl. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse (Lagopus Scoticus). (b) The European heath grouse. See under Heath. Moor game. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Moor fowl (above). Moor grass (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass (Sesleria c[ae]rulea), found in mountain pastures of Europe. Moor hawk (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier. Moor hen. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See Gallinule. (c) An Australian rail (Tribonyx ventralis). Moor monkey (Zo["o]l.), the black macaque of Borneo (Macacus maurus). Moor titling (Zo["o]l.), the European stonechat (Pratinocola rubicola).Moor
Moor\, 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. 2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. --Brougham.Moor
Moor\, v. i. To cast anchor; to become fast. On oozy ground his galleys moor. --Dryden.
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Language Translation for : moor
Spanish:
páramo,
German:
das Ödland,
Japanese:
荒れ地
moor (v.)
"to fasten (a vessel) by a cable," 1495 (implied in mooring), probably related to O.E. mærels "mooring rope," via unrecorded *mærian "to moor," or possibly borrowed from M.L.G. moren, from W.Gmc. *mairojan (cf. M.Du. maren, said to be originally Frisian, Du. meren "to moor a ship"). Hence mooring (n.), 1758, "place where a vessel can be moored."
moor (n.)
"waste ground," O.E. mor "swamp," from P.Gmc. *mora- (cf. O.S., M.Du. Du. moer "swamp," O.H.G. muor "swamp," also "sea," O.N. mörr "moorland," marr "sea"), perhaps related to mere (2), or from base *mer- "to die," hence "dead land."
Moor
"North African, Berber," 1390, from O.Fr. More, from M.L. Morus, from L. Maurus "inhabitant of Mauritania" (northwest Africa, a region now corresponding to northern Algeria and Morocco), from Gk. Mauros, perhaps a native name, or else cognate with mauros "black" (but this adj. only appears in late Gk. and may as well be from the people's name as the reverse). Being a dark people in relation to Europeans, their name in the Middle Ages was a synonym for "Negro;" later (16c.-17c.) used indiscriminately of Muslims (Persians, Arabs, etc.) but especially those in India.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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moor
tract of open country that may be either dry with heather and associated vegetation or wet with an acid peat vegetation. If wet, a moor is generally synonymous with bog (q.v.).
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