Heath vs. Moor

Heathnoun

A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.

Heathnoun

Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.

Heathnoun

Many of the species in the genus Erica

Heathnoun

Many of the species in the genus Cassiope

Heathnoun

Both species in the genus Daboecia

Heathnoun

Any of the species in the genus Epacris, Australian heath

Heathnoun

Any of the species in the genus Leucopogon, beard heath

Heathnoun

Any of the species in the genus Phyllodoce, mountain heath

Heathnoun

(countable) Certain butterflies and moths

Heathnoun

The palearctic species of Coenonympha, a genus of brush-footed butterfly

Heathnoun

Melitaea athalia, the heath fritillary

Heathnoun

Semiothisa clathrata, a moth known as the latticed heath

Heathnoun

A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling.

Heathnoun

A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.

Heathnoun

a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers

Heathnoun

a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation

Heath

A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a cooler and damper climate.

Moornoun

an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath

Moornoun

a game preserve consisting of moorland

Moorverb

To cast anchor or become fastened.

Moorverb

To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like

Moorverb

(transitive) To secure or fix firmly.

Moornoun

One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.

Moornoun

Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion.

Moornoun

An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.

Moornoun

A game preserve consisting of moorland.

Moorverb

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.

Moorverb

Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.

Moorverb

To cast anchor; to become fast.

Moornoun

one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century

Moornoun

open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

Moorverb

secure in or as if in a berth or dock;

Moorverb

come into or dock at a wharf;

Moorverb

secure with cables or ropes;