Vocabulary : Moonstruck to Mooring
Moonstruck : Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic. ;; Produced by the supposed influence of the moon. ;; Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a human being; made unsuitable for food, as fishes, by such supposed influence.Moonwort : The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty. ;; Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond.
Moony : Of or pertaining to the moon. ;; Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent. ;; Silly; weakly sentimental.
Moor : One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns. ;; Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion. ;; An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. ;; A game preserve consisting of moorland. ;; To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf. ;; Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. ;; To cast anchor; to become fast.
Moorage : A place for mooring.
