moory

comparative more moory · comparative moorier · superlative most moory · superlative mooriest

1. Resembling a moor; swampy; boggy.

   As when thick mists arise from moory vales.

   1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC

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   In Eſſex moory Land is thought to be the moſt proper, tho several other ſorts of Soil are eſteemed very good

   1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC

   Synonyms: hoggy, moorish, quaggy

plural moories

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of mooree (“kind of cotton cloth”).