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.
      
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            In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor.
                                                  --Carew.
      
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   2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.
      
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   {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}).
      
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