Definition of moor

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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..

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Beacon :: Beacon (n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners..
Marish :: Marish (a.) Moory; fenny; boggy.
Morocco :: Morocco (n.) A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the Moors..
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..
Tawny :: Tawny (n.) Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion..
Moory :: Moory (a.) Of or pertaining to moors; marshy; fenny; boggy; moorish.
Moorage :: Moorage (n.) A place for mooring.
Harpy :: Harpy (n.) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
Morris :: Morris (n.) A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets..
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..
Migrate :: Migrate (v. i.) To remove from one country or region to another, with a view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as, the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the West..
Moorland :: Moorland (n.) Land consisting of a moor or moors.
Barb :: Barb (n.) The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors..
Whinberry :: Whinberry (n.) The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze..
Moresque :: Moresque (n.) The Moresque style of architecture or decoration. See Moorish architecture, under Moorish..
Moor :: Moor (v. t.) Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly..
Morian :: Morian (n.) A Moor.
Fell :: Fell (n.) A wild field; a moor.
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..
Moored :: Moored (imp. & p. p.) of Moo.
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