MOOR, n. 1. A tract of land overrun with heath.2. A marsh; a fen; a tract of wet low ground, or ground covered with stagnant water.MOOR, n. [Gr. dark, obscure.] A native of the northern coast of Africa, called by the Romans from the color of the people, Mauritania, the country of dark-complexioned people. The same country is now called Morocco, Tunis, Algiers, &c. MOOR, v.t. [L. moror.] To confine or secure a ship in a particular station, as by cables and anchors or by chains. A ship is never said to be moored, when she rides by a single anchor. MOOR, v.i. To be confined by cables or chains. On oozy ground his galleys moor. |
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