Definition of moor

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Moor (n.) Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion.

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Blackmoor :: Blackmoor (n.) See Blackamoor.
Macaque :: Macaque (n.) Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies..
Rosland :: Rosland (n.) heathy land; land full of heather; moorish or watery land.
Hawse :: Hawse (n.) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow..
Axis :: Axis (n.) The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name)..
Smoor :: Smoor (v. t.) To suffocate or smother.
Moorish :: Moorish (a.) Having the characteristics of a moor or heath.
Moory :: Moory (n.) A kind of blue cloth made in India.
Buoy :: Buoy (n.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc..
Blackamoor :: Blackamoor (n.) A negro or negress.
Gallinule :: Gallinule (n.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule
Mooring :: Mooring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moo.
Alcayde :: Alcayde (n.) A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors..
Gorcock :: Gorcock (n.) The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse..
Chica :: Chica (n.) A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc..
Mooring :: Mooring (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc..
Moor :: Moor (v. t.) Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly..
Moor :: Moor (n.) An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath..
Moresque :: Moresque (n.) The Moresque style of architecture or decoration. See Moorish architecture, under Moorish..
Morian :: Morian (n.) A Moor.
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