Webster's Dictionary 1913

3403

Luna

‖Lu″na (?), n. [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n., and cf. Lune.] 1. The moon.2. (Alchemy) Silver.Luna cornea(Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver chloride, a tough...

3404

Lunacy

Lu″na‐cy (?), n.; pl.Lunacies (#). [See Lunatic.] 1. Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, — formerly supposed to be influe...

3405

Lunar

Lu″nar (lū″nẽr), a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the moon. See Luna, and cf. Lunary.] 1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.2. Resembling the moon; orbed. Dryden.3. M...

3406

Lunar (2)

Lu″nar, n. 1. (Astron.) A lunar distance.2. (Anat.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; — called also semilunar, and intermedium.

3407

Lunarian

Lu‐na″ri‐an (?), n. [See Lunar, Luna.] An inhabitant of the moon.

3408

Lunary

Lu″na‐ry (?), a. [Cf. F. lunaire. See Lunar.] Lunar. Fuller.

3409

Lunary (2)

Lu″na‐ry, n. [Cf. F. lunaire.] (Bot.) (a) The herb moonwort or “honesty”. (b) A low fleshy fern (Botrychium Lunaria) with lunate segments of the leaf or frond.

3410

Lunate

{ Lu″nate (?), Lu″na‐ted (?), } a. [L. lunatus crescent-shaped, p. p. of lunare to bend like a crescent, fr. luna the moon.] Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a...

3411

Lunatic

Lu″na‐tic (?), a. [F. lunatique, L. lunaticus, fr. luna the moon. See Lunar.] 1. Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic. Wyclif (Matt. xvi...

3412

Lunatic (2)

Lu″na‐tic, n. A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,Are of ima...

3413

Lunation

Lu‐na″tion (?), n. [Cf. Lunated.] The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29...

3414

Lunch

Lunch (?), n. [Of uncertain etymol. Cf. Prov. Eng. nunc a lump.] A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner.

3415

Lunch (2)

Lunch, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Lunched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lunching.] To take luncheon. Smart.

3416

Luncheon

Lunch″eon (?), n. [Prov. E. luncheon, lunchion, lunshin, a large lump of food, fr. lunch. See Lunch.]1. A lump of food.2. A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular...

3417

Luncheon (2)

Lunch″eon, v. i. To take luncheon. Beaconsfield.

3418

Lune

Lune (?), n. [L. luna moon: cf. F. lune. See Luna.] 1. Anything in the shape of a half moon.2. (Geom.) A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of ci...

3419

Lunet

Lu″net (?), n. [See Lunette.] A little moon or satellite. Bp. Hall.

3420

Lunette

Lu‐nette″ (?), n. [F., dim. of lune moon, L. luna. See Lune a crescent.] 1. (Fort.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Ba...

3421

Lung

Lung (lŭng), n. [OE. lunge, AS. lunge, pl. lungen; akin to D. long, G. lunge, Icel. & Sw. lunga, Dan. lunge, all prob. from the root of E. light. √125. See Light not heavy.] (An...

3422

Lung-grown

Lung″–grown′ (?), a.(Med.) Having lungs that adhere to the pleura.

3423

Lunge

Lunge (?), n. [Also spelt longe, fr. allonge. See Allonge, Long.] A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.

3424

Lunge (2)

Lunge, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Lunged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lunging (?).] To make a lunge.

3425

Lunge (3)

Lunge, v. t. To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter. Thackeray.

3426

Lunge (4)

Lunge, n.(Zoöl.) Same as Namaycush.

3427

Lunged

Lunged (?), a. Having lungs, or breathing organs similar to lungs.

3428

Lungfish

Lung″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; — so called because they have both lungs and gills.

3429

Lungie

Lun″gie (?), n.(Zoöl.) A guillemot. [Written also longie.] Sir W. Scott.