Definition of moor

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

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Whinberry :: Whinberry (n.) The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze..
Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A mooring hawser.
Mooring :: Mooring (n.) The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings..
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..
Wynkernel :: Wynkernel (n.) The European moor hen.
Unmoor :: Unmoor (v. t.) To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t..
Moored :: Moored (imp. & p. p.) of Moo.
Mooruk :: Mooruk (n.) A species of cassowary (Casuarius Bennetti) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is biloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue..
Moorball :: Moorball (n.) A fresh-water alga (Cladophora Aegagropila) which forms a globular mass.
Moor :: Moor (v. t.) Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly..
Smoor :: Smoor (v. t.) To suffocate or smother.
Barb :: Barb (n.) The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors..
Moorpan :: Moorpan (n.) A clayey layer or pan underlying some moors, etc..
Mooring :: Mooring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moo.
Blackamoor :: Blackamoor (n.) A negro or negress.
Homoplast :: Homoplast (n.) One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- also called homoorgan.
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
Muzarab :: Muzarab (n.) One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own..
Morris :: Morris (n.) A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets..
Morris-pike :: Morris-pike (n.) A Moorish pike.
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