Moor /moor or mör/

1. A member of the mixed Arab and Berber people of Morocco and the Barbary coast
2. One of the Arab and Berber conquerors and occupants of Spain from 711 to 1492
3. A Mauretanian
4. Formerly in India, a Muslim
5. A black person (old)

Moorˈery noun

A Moorish quarter

Moorˈess noun

A female Moor

Moorˈish adjective

Moorish Idol noun

A tropical marine fish (Zanclus canescens)

moor¹ /moor/ or (Scot) muir /mür, mār or mūr/

1. A wide expanse of uncultivated ground, esp upland, often covered with heath, and having a poor, peaty soil
2. A heath

moorˈish or moorˈy adjective

1. Resembling a moor
2. Sterile
3. Marshy
4. Boggy

moorˈ-band noun

A hard ferruginous layer formed under moorland soil (also moorˈ-band pan or moorˈ-pan)

moorˈburn or muirˈburn noun (Scot)

The seasonal burning of heather, etc on moorland to promote new growth

moorˈbuzzard noun

The marsh-harrier

moorˈcock or moorˈfowl noun

Red, or black, grouse

moor grass noun

Any of a variety of grasses found in moorland areas

moorˈhen noun

1. The waterhen
2. A female moorfowl

moorˈill noun (Scot)

A cattle disease of moorland districts, marked by haemoglobin in the urine

moorˈland noun

1. A tract of moor
2. Moorish country

adjective

Of moorland

moorˈlog noun

A deposit of decayed woody material under a marsh, etc

moorˈman noun

An inhabitant of a moor

moorˈ-pout or (Scot) muirˈ-pout /-powt/, moorˈ-poot or (Scot) muirˈ-poot /-poot/ noun

A young grouse

moor² /moor/

To fasten (a ship or boat) by cable or anchor

1. To make fast a ship, boat, etc
2. To be made fast

moorˈage noun

1. Condition of being moored
2. Act of mooring
3. A fee paid for mooring
4. A place for mooring

moorˈing noun

1. Act of mooring
2. That which serves to moor or confine a ship
3. (in pl) the place or condition of a ship so moored
4. Anything providing security or stability

mooring mast noun

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