Moor
Definition of Moor
Pronunciation: mŌr | n. | 1. | One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns. | | 2. | (Hist.) Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion. | | 1. | An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. | | 2. | A game preserve consisting of moorland. | | v. t. | 1. | (Naut.) 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. | | 2. | Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. | | v. i. | 1. | To cast anchor; to become fast. |
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