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.