moor
31Moor — Moor, in Oberdeutschland Moos, sumpfiges Grundstück; das Grün M. ist mit hohen Gräsern bedeckt, das Torf M. hat nur Torfpflanzen u. wird zum Torfstiche benutzt …
32Moor — Moor, Anthony …
33Moor — moor, mor, morsch nn marécage Alsace …
34Moor — n one of the Muslim people from North Africa who entered Spain in the 8th century and ruled the southern part of the country until 1492 …
35Moor — [ mur ] noun count a member of a group of Muslim people who live in North Africa and who controlled southern Spain between the 8th and 15th centuries …
36Moor — North African, Berber, late 14c., from O.Fr. More, from M.L. Morus, from L. Maurus inhabitant of Mauritania (northwest Africa, a region now corresponding to northern Algeria and Morocco), from Gk. Mauros, perhaps a native name, or else cognate… …
37moor — vb *secure, anchor, rivet Analogous words: *tie, bind: attach, *fasten, affix, fix: balance, steady, *stabilize, trim …
38moor — [v] anchor, fasten securely berth, catch, chain, dock, fix, lash, make fast, picket, secure, tether, tie, tie up; concepts 85,160 Ant. loose, push off, unhitch …
39Moor — das; [e]s, e …
40Moor — ► NOUN ▪ a member of a NW African Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent. DERIVATIVES Moorish adjective. ORIGIN Greek Mauros inhabitant of Mauretania (an ancient region of N. Africa) …
