jamb vs moor

jamb

verb
  • To fix or attach a jamb to. 

noun
  • Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”). 

  • Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace. 

  • Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein. 

moor

verb
  • To cast anchor or become fastened. 

  • To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like. 

  • To secure or fix firmly. 

noun
  • An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath 

  • A game preserve consisting of moorland. 

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