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MOORS
Noun
moors
plural of moor
Verb
moors
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moor
Anagrams
• Moros, rooms, smoor
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Moors
(India, obsolete) Hindustani; Urdu. [18th–19th c.]
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Noun
Moors
plural of Moor
Anagrams
• Moros, rooms, smoor
Source: Wiktionary
MOOR
Moor, n. Etym: [F. More, Maure, L. Maurus a Moor, a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr. 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.)
Definition: 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, n. Etym: [OE. mor, AS. mor 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 (Zoöl.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] -- Moor coal (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite.
РMoor cock (Zo̦l.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe.
РMoor coot. (Zo̦l.) See Gallinule.
РMoor fowl. (Zo̦l.) (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse (Lagopus Scoticus). (b) The European heath grouse. See under Heath.
РMoor game. (Zo̦l.) Same as Moor fowl (above).
– Moor grass (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass (Sesleria cærulea), found in mountain pastures of Europe.
РMoor hawk (Zo̦l.), the marsh harrier.
РMoor hen. (Zo̦l.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See Gallinule. (c) An Australian rail (Tribonyx ventralis).
РMoor monkey (Zo̦l.), the black macaque of Borneo (Macacus maurus).
РMoor titling (Zo̦l.), the European stonechat (Pratinocola rubicola).
Moor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moored; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooring.] Etym: [Prob. fr. D. marren to tie, fasten, or moor a ship. See Mar.]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: 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, v. i.
Definition: To cast anchor; to become fast. On oozy ground his galleys moor. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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