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2. Furnished with a moon; bearing a
crescent.

But soon the miscreant moony host

Before the victor cross shall fly.

3. Silly; weakly sentimental. [Colloq.]
G. Eliot.

Moor (m&oomac;r), n. [F. More,
Maure, L. Maurus a Moor, a Mauritanian, an inhabitant
of Mauritania, Gr. May^ros; cf. may^ros black,
dark. Cf. Morris a dance, Morocco.] 1.
One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and
Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.

2. (Hist.) Any individual of the
swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan
religion. "In Spanish history the terms Moors, Saracens,
and Arabs are synonymous." Internat. Cyc.

Moor, n. [OE. mor, AS.
mōr 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.


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