Definition for MOOR

MOOR, n.1 [Sax. mor, a mountain, a pool or lake, a plain; D. moer; G. mohr; Fr. mare; Dan. myre.]

  1. A tract of land overrun with heath. Encyc.
  2. A marsh; a fen;. a tract of wet low ground, or ground covered with stagnant water.

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