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(1):

(v. i.) To cast anchor; to become fast.

(2):

(n.) Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion.

(3):

(v. t.) Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(n.) A game preserve consisting of moorland.

(6):

(n.) An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.

(7):

(n.) One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Moor'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/moor.html. 1828.
 
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