Moorland
Moor″land (?), n. [AS. mōrland.] Land consisting of a moor or moors.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Moorpan
Moor″pan′ (?), n. [Cf. Hard pan, under Hard.] A clayey layer or pan underlying some moors, etc.
Moorstone
Moor″stone′ (?), n. A species of English granite, used as a building stone.
Mooruk
‖Moo″ruk (?), n.(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 th...
Moory
Moor″y (?), a. Of or pertaining to moors; marshy; fenny; boggy; moorish. Mortimer.As when thick mists arise from moory vales. Fairfax.
Moory (2)
Moor″y, n. A kind of blue cloth made in India. Balfour (Cyc of India).
Moose
Moose (mo͞os), n. [A native name; Knisteneaux mouswah; Algonquin monse. Mackenzie.] (Zoöl.) A large cervine mammal (Alces machlis, or A. Americanus), native of the Northern Unit...
Moose (2)
Moose (?), n. A member of the Progressive Party; a Bull Moose.
Moosewood
Moose″wood′ (?), n.(Bot.) (a) The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum). (b) Leatherwood.
Moot
Moot (mōt), v. See 1st Mot. Chaucer.
Moot (2)
Moot (mo͞ot), n.(Shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
Moot (3)
Moot, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mooted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mooting.] [OE. moten, motien, AS. mōtan to meet or assemble for conversation, to discuss, dispute, fr. mōt, gemōt, a meeting,...
Moot (4)
Moot (?), v. i. To argue or plead in a supposed case.There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting. B. Jonson.
Moot (5)
Moot, n. [AS. mōt, gemōt, a meeting; — usually in comp.] [Written also mote.] 1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or distric...
Moot (6)
Moot, a. Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.
Moot-hall
{ Moot″–hall′ (?), Moot″–house′ (?), } n. [AS. mōth�s.] A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment. “The moot-hall of Herod.” Wyclif.
Moot-hill
Moot″–hill′ (?), n.(O. Eng. Law) A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; — called, in Scotland...
Mootable
Moot″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being mooted.
Mooter
Moot″er (?), n. A disputer of a mooted case.
Mootman
Moot″man (?), n.; pl.Mootmen (�). (O. Eng. Law) One who argued moot cases in the inns of court.
Mop
Mop (?), n. [See Mope.] A made-up face; a grimace. “What mops and mowes it makes!” Beau. & Fl.
Mop (2)
Mop, v. i. To make a wry mouth. Shak.
Mop (3)
Mop, n. [CF. W. mop, mopa, Ir. moipal, Gael. moibeal, moibean; or OF. mappe a napkin (see Map, Napkin).] 1. An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of clot...
Mop (4)
Mop, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mopping.] To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief.
Mopboard
Mop″board′ (?), n.(Carp.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.
Mope
Mope (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Moped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Moping.] [Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.] To be dull and spiritless. “Moping melancholy.” Milton.A sickly...
Mope (2)
Mope, v. t. To make spiritless and stupid.