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   Moor (mo͞or), n. [F. More, Maure, L. Maurus a Moor, a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr. Μαῦρος; cf. μαῦρος black, dark.  Cf. Morris a dance, Morocco.]
   1. One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.
   
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   2. (Hist.) Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Muslim religion. “In Spanish history the terms Moors, Saracens, and Arabs are synonymous.”  Internat. Cyc.
   
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   Moor, n. [OE. mor, AS. mōr moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See Mere a lake.]
   1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.
   
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   In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. Carew.
   
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   2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.
   
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   Moor buzzard (Zool.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] -- Moor coal (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite. -- Moor cock (Zool.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe. -- Moor coot. (Zool.) See Gallinule. -- Moor game. (Zool.) Same as Moor fowl. -- Moor grass (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass (Sesleria caerulea), found in mountain pastures of Europe. -- Moor hawk (Zool.), the marsh harrier. -- Moor hen. (Zool.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See Gallinule. (c) An Australian rail (Tribonyx ventralis). -- Moor monkey (Zool.), the black macaque of Borneo (Macacus maurus). -- Moor titling (Zool.), the European stonechat (Pratinocola rubicola).
   
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   Moor (mo͞or), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moored (mo͞ord); p. pr. & vb. n. Mooring.] [Prob. fr. D. marren to tie, fasten, or moor a ship. See Mar.]
   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.”
   
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   2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.  Brougham.
   
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   Moor, v. i. To cast anchor; to become fast.
   
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   On oozy ground his galleys moor. Dryden.
   
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