moory

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"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

Adj. marsh, marshy; swampy, boggy, plashy†, poachy†, quaggy†, soft; muddy, sloppy, squashy; paludal†; moorish, moory; fenny.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

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 Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by Richardson, David Lester

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)

His uniform is of the Goltz Regiment, Infantry: Goltz Regiment, which lies at Ruppin,—at and about, in that moory Country to the Northeast, some thirty or forty miles from Berlin;—whither his destination now is.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 08 by Carlyle, Thomas