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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Moor \Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[=o]r 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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