moor

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
moor1 /mɔː, mʊə/

▶noun

• 1 chiefly Brit. a tract of open uncultivated upland, typically covered with heather.

• 2 US or dialect a fen.

– derivatives
moorish adjective,
moory adjective.

– origin OE mōr, of Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
moor2 /mɔː, mʊə/

▶verb make fast (a boat) by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor.

– derivatives
moorage noun.

– origin C15: prob. from the Gmc base of Du. meren.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Moor /mɔː, mʊə/

▶noun a member of a NW African Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent, that conquered the Iberian peninsula in the 8th century.

– derivatives
Moorish adjective.

– origin from OFr. More, via L. from Gk Mauros ‘inhabitant of Mauretania’ (an ancient region of N. Africa).