moory

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

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert

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

They also found ten miles within the snowy mountains a plain champion country, with earth and grass, such as our moory and waste grounds of England are. 

From Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage by Morley, Henry

After I had walked about half a mile the pass widened considerably and a little way further on debauched on some wild moory ground. 

From Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

It is only the feeders of young stock in wet, moory, sandy, or undrained, heavy soils who really have cause for anxiety and incessant watchfulness.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir