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A Mohammedan professor or teacher of language. [India]

The light of the moon.

A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night. [Cant, U.S.]

Illicit distilling. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.]

Moonlight. [Colloq.] I went to see them in a moonshiny night. Addison.

A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The best specimens come from Ceylon.

See Moonstruck.

Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic.

The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.

Of or pertaining to the moon. Soft and pale as the moony beam. J. R. Drake.

Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion. "In Spanish history the terms Moors, Saracens, and Arabs are synonymous." Internat. Cyc.

A place for mooring.

A fresh-water alga (Cladophora Ægagropila) which forms a globular mass.

See Moorpan.

A female Moor; a Moorish woman.

The place or condition of a ship thus confined. And the tossed bark in moorings swings. Moore. Mooring block (Naut.), a heavy block of cast iron sometimes used as an anchor for mooring vessels.

Having the characteristics of a moor or heath. "Moorish fens." Thomson.

Land consisting of a moor or moors.

A clayey layer or pan underlying some moors, etc.

A species of English granite, used as a building stone.