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Moor
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open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
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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
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The phantasmal fog that rolled over the moor made the landscape look eerie and unreal.
Even though John wasn't her ideal match, Mary decided to marry him because he was a good man who lived nearby, following the old saying better wed over the mixen than over the moor.
