Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Moon (2)

Moon, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mooning.] To expose to the rays of the moon.If they have it to be exceeding white indeed, they seethe it yet once more, after...

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Moon (3)

Moon, v. i. To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.Elsley was mooning down the river by himself. C. Kingsley.

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Moon-culminating

Moon″–cul″mi‐na′ting (?), a. Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon; — said of a star or stars, esp. of certain stars selected beforehan...

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Moon-eye

Moon″–eye′ (?), n. 1. A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a horse.2. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of American fresh-water fishes of the genus Hyodon, esp. H. te...

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Moon-eyed

Moon″–eyed′ (?), a. Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed; purblind.

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Moon-faced

Moon″–faced′ (?), a. Having a round, full face.

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Moonbeam

Moon″beam′ (?), n. A ray of light from the moon.

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Moonblind

Moon″blind′ (?), a. Dim-sighted; purblind.

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Moonblink

Moon″blink′ (?), n. A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; — sometimes called nyctalopia.

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Mooncalf

Moon″calf′ (?), n. 1. A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter, generated in the uterus.2. A dolt; a stupid fellow. Dryden.

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Mooned

Mooned (?), a. Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon. “Sharpening in mooned horns.” “Mooned Ashtaroth.” Milton.

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Mooner

Moon″er (?), n. One who abstractedly wanders or gazes about, as if moonstruck. Dickens.

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Moonery

Moon″er‐y (?), n. Conduct of one who moons.

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Moonet

Moon″et (?), n. A little moon. Bp. Hall.

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Moonfish

Moon″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); — called also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish. (b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene...

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Moonflower

Moon″flow′er (?), n.(Bot.) (a) The oxeye daisy; — called also moon daisy. (b) A kind of morning glory (Ipomœa Bona-nox) with large white flowers opening at night.

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Moong

Moong (?), n.(Bot.) Same as Mung.

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Moonglade

Moon″glade′ (?), n. The bright reflection of the moon's light on an expanse of water.

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Moonie

Moo″nie (mo͞o″nĭ), n.(Zoöl.) The European goldcrest.

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Moonish

Moon″ish (mo͞on″ĭsh), a. Like the moon; variable.Being but a moonish youth. Shak.

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Moonless

Moon″less, a. Being without a moon or moonlight.

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Moonlight

Moon′light′ (?), n. The light of the moon. — a. Occurring during or by moonlight; characterized by moonlight.

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Moonlighter

Moon″light′er (?), n. One who follows an occupation or pastime by moonlight; as: (a) A moonshiner. (b) In Ireland, one of a band that engaged in agrarian outrages by night. (c) ...

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Moonling

Moon″ling (?), n. A simpleton; a lunatic.

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Moonlit

Moon″lit′ (?), a. Illumined by the moon. “The moonlit sea.” Moore. “Moonlit dells.” Lowell.

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Moonraker

Moon″rak′er (?), n.(Naut.) Same as Moonsail.

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Moonrise

Moon″rise′ (?), n. The rising of the moon above the horizon; also, the time of its rising.