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Moorish architecture, the style developed by
the Moors in the later Middle Ages, esp. in Spain, in which the arch
had the form of a horseshoe, and the ornamentation admitted no
representation of animal life. It has many points of resemblance to
the Arabian and Persian styles, but should be distinguished from
them. See Illust. under Moresque.

Moor"land (?), n. [AS.
mōrland.] Land consisting of a moor or
moors.

Moor"pan` (?), n. [Cf. Hard pan,
under Hard.] A clayey layer or pan underlying some moors,
etc.

Moor"stone` (?), n. A species of
English granite, used as a building stone.

||Moo"ruk (?), n. [Native name.]
(Zoöl.) A species of cassowary (Casuarius
Bennetti) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility in
running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the
common cassowary. Its crest is bilobed; the neck and breast are
black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the
neck, blue.


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