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Moorband :: Moorband (n.) See Moorpan.

Girt :: Girt (a.) Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

Moor :: Moor (v. t.) 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..

Chock :: Chock (n.) A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc..

Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. i.) To weigh anchor.

Mooring :: Mooring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moo.

Castanets :: Castanets (n. pl.) Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars..

Alhambra :: Alhambra (n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.

Homoorgan :: Homoorgan () Same as Homoplast.

Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. t.) To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors..

Moored :: Moored (imp. & p. p.) of Moo.

Moorland :: Moorland (n.) Land consisting of a moor or moors.

Light-ship :: Light-ship (n.) A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners..

Mooress :: Mooress (n.) A female Moor; a Moorish woman.

Morisco :: Morisco (n.) A thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language. (b) A Moorish dance, now called morris dance. Marston. (c) One who dances the Moorish dance. Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or architecture..

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.

Fell :: Fell (n.) A wild field; a moor.

Harpy :: Harpy (n.) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).

Moory :: Moory (n.) A kind of blue cloth made in India.

Gorcock :: Gorcock (n.) The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse..

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