moory

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The mountain bog of the south of Ireland—the moory bog—varies in depth from nine inches to three feet, below which there is a clayey or sandy subsoil.

From The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by O'Rourke, John

Numbers of snipes breed every summer in some moory ground on the verge of this parish. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Morley, Henry

Friable—Where the soil is loose and open, as is generally the case in sandy, gravelly, and moory lands.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

"As when a Gryphon through the wilderness, With winged course, o'er hill and moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian who by stealth Hath from his wakeful custody purloined His guarded gold."

From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Bulfinch, Thomas

The purple heath and golden broom On moory mountains catch the gale; O'er lawns the lily sheds perfume, The violet in the vale.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert