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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. [1913 Webster] In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. [1913 Webster] 2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster]