Friday, 14 January 2011

Moor

MOOR

–noun
1. a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
2. a tract of land preserved for game.

–verb (used with object)
1. to secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines.
2. to fix firmly; secure.
–verb (used without object)
3. to moor a ship, small boat, etc.
4. to be made secure by cables or the like.
–noun
5. the act of mooring.






















I often wonder about
Fate
Mooring meanings together
Securing them to one same word,
While I trace provenance
For a clue
A Motive
For their gathering.

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