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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mo·resque a.  Of or pertaining to, or in the manner or style of, the Moors; Moorish. -- n. The Moresque style of architecture or decoration. See Moorish architecture, under Moorish. [Written also mauresque.]
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Moor·ish, a.  Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors.
 Moorish architecture, the style developed by the Moors in the later Middle Ages, esp. in Spain, in which the arch had the form of a horseshoe, and the ornamentation admitted no representation of animal life.  It has many points of resemblance to the Arabian and Persian styles, but should be distinguished from them. See Illust. under Moresque.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Moorish architecture
      n : a style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to
          16th centuries; characterized by the horseshoe (Moorish)
          arch [syn: Moorish]