moor

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 Muslim religion. “In Spanish history the terms Moors, Saracens, and Arabs are synonymous.” Internat. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To cast anchor; to become fast. [ 1913 Webster ]

On oozy ground his galleys moor. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 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. [ 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 ]

n. A place for mooring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A fresh-water alga (Cladophora Aegagropila) which forms a globular mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Moorpan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female Moor; a Moorish woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) 1. A reddish-brown grouse (Lagopus Scoticus) of upland moors of Great Britain; the European ptarmigan, or red grouse, also called the moorgame.
Syn. -- red grouse, moorbird, moorgame, Lagopus scoticus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The European heath grouse. See under Heath. [ 1913 Webster ]