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MOOR

Volume 14 · 48 words · 1823 Edition

in country affairs, denotes a tract of land, usually overrun with heath.

Moon-Cock, or Gor-Cock. See TETRAO, ORNITHOLOGY Index.

MOOR Land, or Moory Soil, in Agriculture, is a black, light, and soft earth, very loose, and without any admixture of stones; and with very little clay or sand.