'Moor coal' definitions:

Definition of 'Moor coal'

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  • Moor \Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[=o]r 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. [1913 Webster]
  • In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. [1913 Webster]
  • Moor buzzard (Zool.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
  • Moor coal (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite.
  • Moor cock (Zool.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe.
  • Moor coot. (Zool.) See Gallinule.
  • Moor game. (Zool.) Same as Moor fowl.
  • Moor grass (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass ({Sesleria caerulea}), found in mountain pastures of Europe.
  • Moor hawk (Zool.), the marsh harrier.
  • Moor hen. (Zool.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See Gallinule. (c) An Australian rail (Tribonyx ventralis).
  • Moor monkey (Zool.), the black macaque of Borneo ({Macacus maurus}).
  • Moor titling (Zool.), the European stonechat ({Pratinocola rubicola}). [1913 Webster]