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Illumined by the moon. "The moonlit sea." Moore. "Moonlit dells." Lowell.

Moorland.

Of or pertaining to, or in the manner or style of, the Moors; Moorish. -- n.

A Moor. [Obs.] In vain the Turks and Morians armed be. Fairfax.

A thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language. (b) A Moorish dance, now called morris dance. Marston. (c) One who dances the Moorish dance. Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or architecture.

Moorland. [Obs.]

and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the Moors.

A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets.

A Moorish pike. [Obs.]

A moor. [Scot.] Lockhart.

One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own. [Written also Mozarab, Mostarab.] Brande & C.

which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key. Moore (Encyc. of Music). Natural day, the space of twenty-four hours. Chaucer. -- Natural fats, Natural gas, etc. See under Fat, Gas. etc. -- Natural Harmony (Mus.), the harmony of the triad or common chord. -- Natural history,…

-- Negro head (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] McElrath. -- Negro monkey (Zoöl.), the moor monkey.

A name; an appellation. A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. )

expression of thought and feeling, etc. With aspect open, shall erect his head. Pope. The Moor is of a free and open nature. Shak. The French are always open, familiar, and talkative. Addison.

and a compass of three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass and contrabass tubas. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

icity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

ed as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished. Moore.

ment in style; -- so called because fabled to have been invented by the Phrygian Marsyas. Moore (Encyc. of Music). -- Phrygian stone, a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, -- used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent.

me literal denomination as the fundamental base of the harmony; -- opposed to derivative. Moore (Encyc. of Music). -- Primitive circle (Spherical Projection), the circle cut from the sphere to be projected, by the primitive plane. -- Primitive colors (Paint.), primary colors. See under Color. -- Primitive Fathers (E…