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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Moor \Moor\ (m[=oo]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moored} (m[=oo]rd); 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. --Brougham. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Moor \Moor\ (m[=oo]r), n. [F. More, Maure, L. Maurus a Moor, a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr. May^ros; cf. may^ros 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. [1913 Webster] 2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. [1913 Webster] {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}). [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Moor \Moor\, v. i. To cast anchor; to become fast. [1913 Webster] On oozy ground his galleys moor. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: Moor n 1: one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century 2: open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss [syn: {moor}, {moorland}] v 1: secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat" [syn: {moor}, {berth}, {tie up}] 2: come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening" [syn: {moor}, {berth}, {wharf}] 3: secure with cables or ropes; "moor the boat" From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Moor /moːr/ fen From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: Moor /mor/ Moor