[moor] n [ME mor, fr. OE mor; akin to OHG muor moor] (bef. 12c) 1 chiefly Brit: an expanse of open rolling infertile land
2: a boggy area; esp: one that is peaty and dominated by grasses and sedges
[2]moor vb [ME moren; akin to MD meren, maren to tie, moor] vt (15c): to make fast with or as if with cables, lines, or anchors ~ vi 1: to secure a boat by mooring: anchor
2: to be made fast Moor n [ME More, fr. MF, fr. L Maurus inhabitant of Mauretania] (14c) 1: one of the Arab and Berber conquerors of Spain
2: berber -- Moor.ish adj