MOOR  . (1) A See also:

• HEATH
• HEATH, BENJAMIN (1704-1766)
• HEATH, WILLIAM (1737—1814)

heath, an unenclosed stretch of See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste or uncultivated See also:

• LAND

land, covered with heather; also such a heath preserved for See also:

• GAME

game-See also:

• SHOOTING

shooting, particularly for the shooting of See also:

• GROUSE

grouse . The O . Eng. See also:

• MAR, EARLDOM OF
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 1ST OR 6TH EARL OF (d. 1572)
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 2ND OR 7TH EARL
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 6TH OR 11TH EARL OF (1675-1732)

mar, See also:

• BOG (from Ir. and Gael. bogach, bog, soft)

bog, moor, is represented in other See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages; cf . See also:

• DAN

Dan. mor, Ger . Moor, O . Du. moor, &c.; from an O . Du. adjectival See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form moerasch comes Eng. morass, a bog . Probably See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere, See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

marsh, are not to be connected with these words . (2) The verb " to moor," to fasten a See also:

• SHIP

ship or See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat to the See also:

• SHORE

shore, to another See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel, or to an See also:

• ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

anchor or See also:

• BUOY

buoy, by cables, &c., is probably from the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root seen in mod . Du. meren, which also gives the See also:

• ENGLISH

English nautical See also:

• TERM

term " marline," small strands of rope used for lashings or seizings, and " marline-spike," a small See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool for separating the strands of rope, &c .