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• Moor

  ·vt Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. II. Moor ·vi To cast anchor; to become fast. III. Moor ·noun A...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Moor Court

  1) In Miles' Lane, near Crooked Lane (Strype, Ed. 1755~Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) Nor...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Moor Lane

  -North out of Fore Street, at No.87, to Chiswell Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Withou...

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• Moor Square

  West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799 - O.S. 1848-51). Former names: " ...

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• Moor Yard

  South out of Old Fish Street, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677 Boyle, 1799). "Moor's Yard" in O. ...

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• moor-hen

  n. common English bird-name( Gallinula). The Australian species are – – the Black, Gallinula tenebr...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• moor, to

  To secure a ship with anchors, or to confine her in a particular station by two chains or cables, ei...

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• moor-gallop

  A west-country term for a sudden squall coming across the moors. ...

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• (St.) Bartholomew Moor Lane

  On the east side of Moor Lane north of the Metropolitan Railway. In Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S. 1...

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• Little Moor Gate

  See Blomfield Street. ...

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• moor across, to

  To lay out one of the anchors across stream. ...

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• moor along, to

  To anchor in a river with a hawser on shore to steady her. ...

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• Carr Yard, Moor Lane

  See Car Square. ...

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• moor quarter-shot, to

  To moor quartering, between the two ways of across and along. ...

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• moor the boat, to

  To fasten her with two ropes, so that the one shall counteract the other, and keep her in a steady p...

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• New Pump Court, Moor Lane

  See Pump Court. ...

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• moor a cable each way, to

  Is dropping one anchor, veering out two cables' lengths, and letting go another anchor from the oppo...

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• moor with a spring on the cable, to

  See spring. ...

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