Definition of moor

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Moor (v. i.) To cast anchor; to become fast.

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Homoorgan :: Homoorgan () Same as Homoplast.
Morland :: Morland (n.) Moorland.
Skitty :: Skitty (n.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen..
Rosland :: Rosland (n.) heathy land; land full of heather; moorish or watery land.
Swale :: Swale (n.) A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen..
Smoor :: Smoor (v. t.) To suffocate or smother.
Whinberry :: Whinberry (n.) The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze..
Alcayde :: Alcayde (n.) A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors..
Moorish :: Moorish (a.) Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors.
Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. t.) To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t..
Moor :: Moor (n.) A game preserve consisting of moorland.
Moorball :: Moorball (n.) A fresh-water alga (Cladophora Aegagropila) which forms a globular mass.
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..
Mooress :: Mooress (n.) A female Moor; a Moorish woman.
Homoplast :: Homoplast (n.) One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- also called homoorgan.
Mooring :: Mooring (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc..
Smore :: Smore (v. t.) To smother. See Smoor.
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..
Moorage :: Moorage (n.) A place for mooring.
Moorish :: Moorish (a.) Having the characteristics of a moor or heath.
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