mooryadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈmʊəri/,

/ˈmɔːri/, U.S.

/ˈmʊri/

Forms: Old English morig, Middle English–1500s mory, 1500s morey, 1500s–1600s moorie, 1500s– moory, 1600s moarie, 1700s moary; Scottish pre-1700 moury, 1700s moary, 1700s–1800s muiry, 1800s moorie, 1800s moory, 1800s– müiry (Shetland), 1900s– möry (Shetland).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moor n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < moor n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch moerich (Dutch moerig), Middle Low German muorec, muoric.

a. Marshy; spec. designating or consisting of a kind of soft, dark, peaty soil found in fenland and marshland; esp. in moory earth, moory land.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective]

fen-lichc1000

fennyc1000

mooryOE

marshya1382

marshlyc1410

moorisha1492

queachy?a1500

marish1549

plashya1552

foggy?1555

fen-like1561

undrained1573

fennish1577

boggy1587

paludious1595

wealy1601

marishy1607

snapy1607

uliginous1610

quagmiry1623

paludiate1632

boggish1633

pooly1652

swampy1661

spouty1677

gouty1686

pondy1687

morassy1699

sloppy1699

lairy17..

soggya1722

swampish1725

splashy1727

squashy1751

haggy1765

gaulty1784

slumpy1823

sumpy1824

paludine1852

paludic1854

paludinal1856

paludian1860

paludinous1866

paludal1871

paludial1875

morassic1893

muskeggy1894

swamped1899

OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xli. 2 Hi [sc. oxan] man læsude on morigum lande.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 157 Herdes fond hym among mory flagges and sprayes.

c1500 (a1449) J. Lydgate Isopes Fabules (Trin. Cambr.) 475 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 582 (MED) The frosshe delyteþ to abyde in mory lakys.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 31^v It delighteth in a watrishe moorie grounde.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion ix. 143 Guint, forth along with her Lewenny that doth draw; And next to them againe, the fat and moory Frawe.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 944 As when a Gryfon through the Wilderness With winged course ore Hill or moarie Dale, Pursues the Arimaspian [etc.] .

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Lupulus The Essex Planters account a moory Land the properest for Hops.

1749 W. Ellis Compl. Syst. Improvem. Sheep iii. v. 321 They conceive [moor-evil]..is bred in a Sheep or Lamb, by its lying on moory, cold Ground.

1778 Farmer's Mag. June 210 What Manure..do you find most serviceable, on the following soils respectively, viz...Gravelly, Moory, Cold and Wet?

1792 J. Byng Diary 1 June in Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 24 Leaving R., I soon came upon moory ground, which is now generally enclosed, some very lately.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 853 On peaty or moory lands marl and other similar materials will be of advantage in rendering them more compact.

1819 Amer. Farmer 4 June 76 A composition of one half good loamy earth, one fourth sand, and one fourth light moory earth, well incorporated together.

1877 S. B. J. Skertchly Geol. of Fenland 130 [In Lincolnshire] It is usual to speak of ‘moory land’, ‘black land’, or ‘fen’ where the soil is peaty.

1938 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 229 326 Cultivation is said to have ceased when the upper black peat had been destroyed and the plough had reached the red ‘moory’ layer, which can safely be presumed to have been acidic Sphagnum peat.

1957 Amer. Midland Naturalist 57 287 In boggy depressions of sand plains..we find a sandy-bog variation of the Mylia-Cladopodiella Associule. Under such sandy-moory conditions, Lophozia capitata..totally replaces L. marchica.

†b. That grows in a marsh or fen. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1191 Because neither the Palme tree is a moorie plant and loving the waters,..neither [etc.].

2. Of or relating to a heath or moor; having the characteristics of a moor; having much heath or moorland. Cf. moorish adj.¹ 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > moor or heath

moorish1548

moorland1568

fellish1570

moory1794

1794 W. Marshall Gen. View Agric. Central Highlands Scotl. 12 On the Yorkshire hills, the moory earth, generally of greater thickness, lies on a dead sand, or an infertile rubble; without any intervening soil.

1830 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Weekly Polit. Reg. 24 Apr. 519 The moory and rocky parts in the West Riding.

1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. x. 267 A tract of moory heights.

1900 Shetland News 15 Dec. 7/2 Four or five miles o' gaet, foo o' möry yarfs..an coorse hedder.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moory
释义	mooryadj.¹ Brit. /ˈmʊəri/, /ˈmɔːri/, U.S. /ˈmʊri/ Forms: Old English morig, Middle English–1500s mory, 1500s morey, 1500s–1600s moorie, 1500s– moory, 1600s moarie, 1700s moary; Scottish pre-1700 moury, 1700s moary, 1700s–1800s muiry, 1800s moorie, 1800s moory, 1800s– müiry (Shetland), 1900s– möry (Shetland). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moor n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < moor n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch moerich (Dutch moerig), Middle Low German muorec, muoric. 1. a. Marshy; spec. designating or consisting of a kind of soft, dark, peaty soil found in fenland and marshland; esp. in moory earth, moory land. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] fen-lichc1000 fennyc1000 mooryOE marshya1382 marshlyc1410 moorisha1492 queachy?a1500 marish1549 plashya1552 foggy?1555 fen-like1561 undrained1573 fennish1577 boggy1587 paludious1595 wealy1601 marishy1607 snapy1607 uliginous1610 quagmiry1623 paludiate1632 boggish1633 pooly1652 swampy1661 spouty1677 gouty1686 pondy1687 morassy1699 sloppy1699 lairy17.. soggya1722 swampish1725 splashy1727 squashy1751 haggy1765 gaulty1784 slumpy1823 sumpy1824 paludine1852 paludic1854 paludinal1856 paludian1860 paludinous1866 paludal1871 paludial1875 morassic1893 muskeggy1894 swamped1899 OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xli. 2 Hi [sc. oxan] man læsude on morigum lande. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 157 Herdes fond hym among mory flagges and sprayes. c1500 (a1449) J. Lydgate Isopes Fabules (Trin. Cambr.) 475 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 582 (MED) The frosshe delyteþ to abyde in mory lakys. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 31^v It delighteth in a watrishe moorie grounde. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion ix. 143 Guint, forth along with her Lewenny that doth draw; And next to them againe, the fat and moory Frawe. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 944 As when a Gryfon through the Wilderness With winged course ore Hill or moarie Dale, Pursues the Arimaspian [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Lupulus The Essex Planters account a moory Land the properest for Hops. 1749 W. Ellis Compl. Syst. Improvem. Sheep iii. v. 321 They conceive [moor-evil]..is bred in a Sheep or Lamb, by its lying on moory, cold Ground. 1778 Farmer's Mag. June 210 What Manure..do you find most serviceable, on the following soils respectively, viz...Gravelly, Moory, Cold and Wet? 1792 J. Byng Diary 1 June in Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 24 Leaving R., I soon came upon moory ground, which is now generally enclosed, some very lately. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 853 On peaty or moory lands marl and other similar materials will be of advantage in rendering them more compact. 1819 Amer. Farmer 4 June 76 A composition of one half good loamy earth, one fourth sand, and one fourth light moory earth, well incorporated together. 1877 S. B. J. Skertchly Geol. of Fenland 130 [In Lincolnshire] It is usual to speak of ‘moory land’, ‘black land’, or ‘fen’ where the soil is peaty. 1938 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 229 326 Cultivation is said to have ceased when the upper black peat had been destroyed and the plough had reached the red ‘moory’ layer, which can safely be presumed to have been acidic Sphagnum peat. 1957 Amer. Midland Naturalist 57 287 In boggy depressions of sand plains..we find a sandy-bog variation of the Mylia-Cladopodiella Associule. Under such sandy-moory conditions, Lophozia capitata..totally replaces L. marchica. †b. That grows in a marsh or fen. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1191 Because neither the Palme tree is a moorie plant and loving the waters,..neither [etc.]. 2. Of or relating to a heath or moor; having the characteristics of a moor; having much heath or moorland. Cf. moorish adj.¹ 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > moor or heath moorish1548 moorland1568 fellish1570 moory1794 1794 W. Marshall Gen. View Agric. Central Highlands Scotl. 12 On the Yorkshire hills, the moory earth, generally of greater thickness, lies on a dead sand, or an infertile rubble; without any intervening soil. 1830 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Weekly Polit. Reg. 24 Apr. 519 The moory and rocky parts in the West Riding. 1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. x. 267 A tract of moory heights. 1900 Shetland News 15 Dec. 7/2 Four or five miles o' gaet, foo o' möry yarfs..an coorse hedder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mooryadj.² Forms: 1500s moary, 1600s moorie. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Moor n.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: Probably < Moor n.² + -y suffix¹. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mō^ə·ri, mū^ə·ri) /ˈmɔərɪ/, /ˈmʊərɪ/. Obsolete. Probably: dark-coloured; black. ΚΠ 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hercules Oetæus ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 196^v Him that weildes the moary mace [L. furva sceptra] of blacke Auerne to smoake. 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hercules Oetæus iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 210 I see the dumpish moary denne of glowming lady night. 1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. B2^v The skie..Is cloath'd with moorie Vesperugoe's coate. 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