Moor
[mɔː;mʊə]
[mɔː;mʊə] or [mʊr]
Definition
(noun.) open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss.
(noun.) one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century.
(verb.) secure with cables or ropes; 'moor the boat'.
(verb.) come into or dock at a wharf; 'the big ship wharfed in the evening'.
(verb.) secure in or as if in a berth or dock; 'tie up the boat'.
Checked by Clifton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.
(n.) Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion.
(n.) An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.
(n.) A game preserve consisting of moorland.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.
(v. i.) To cast anchor; to become fast.
Editor: Zeke
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Heath, extensive waste.[2]. Marsh, fen, swamp, bog, morass, slough, quagmire.
Inputed by Addie
Definition
n. a large tract of untilled ground often covered with heath and having a poor peaty soil: a heath.—ns. Moor′cock Moor′fowl the red grouse or heathcock found in moors; Moor′hen the female moor-fowl: the water-hen; Moor′-ill (Scot.) a kind of disease among cattle—also Red-water.—adjs. Moor′ish Moor′y resembling a moor: sterile: marshy: boggy.—n. Moor′land a tract of moor.
n. a member of the dark mixed Mauretanian and Arab race inhabiting Morocco and the Barbary coast: one of the Arab and Berber conquerors and occupants of Spain from 711 to 1492—same as Arab or Saracen: a dark-coloured person generally a negro.—n. Moor′ery a quarter inhabited by Moors.—adj. Moor′ish.
v.t. to fasten a ship by cable and anchor: to fix firmly.—v.i. to be fastened by cables or chains.—ns. Moor′age a place for mooring; Moor′ing act of mooring: that which serves to moor or confine a ship: in pl. the place or condition of a ship thus moored.
Editor: Segre
Examples
- Remember what I told you on the moor--and ask yourself what my assertion is worth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The moor is before us now, and there is no life for many a mile round. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- After he had worked for three years at Willington he was induced to take the position of brakesman of the engine at the West Moor Colliery at Killingworth. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- There is a watercourse across the moor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Stone Lodge was situated on a moor within a mile or two of a great town—called Coketown in the present faithful guide-book. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- To Stilbro' Moor! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Moor who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca is entitled to high distinction. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Moors have some small silver coins and also some silver slugs worth a dollar each. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Moors and Spaniards are foes forever now. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Condé, in his history of the Moors in Spain, speaks of them as used in that country as early as 1118. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- On the contrary, the Moors reverence cats as something sacred. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Spain is the only nation the Moors fear. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Shirley said she liked the green sweep of the common turf, and, better still, the heath on its ridges, for the heath reminded her of moors. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Hundreds of Moors come to Tangier every year and embark for Mecca. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The first night that finds a small craft moored near the shore of Shador, I replied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- But how will you know that any craft is moored near Shador? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Cribbed and barred and moored by massive rusty chains, the prison-ship seemed in my young eyes to be ironed like the prisoners. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The four machines can be moved to any part of the dock to which steamers are moored and four ships can be unloaded rapidly at one time. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Instead of this they were left moored to the ship's side. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Against the walls he also moored ships in which towers and rams were erected. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A landing-place overshadowed by a willow, and a pleasure-boat lying moored there among some stakes, caught his eye as he passed along. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Checker: Roland