Moonsail
Moon″sail′ (?), n.(Naut.) A sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail. R. H. Dana, Jr.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Moonseed
Moon″seed′ (?), n.(Bot.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; — so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
Moonset
Moon″set′ (?), n. The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the time when the moon sets.
Moonshee
‖Moon″shee (?), n. [Hind. munishī, fr. Ar. munishī a writer, author, secretary, tutor.] A Mohammedan professor or teacher of language.
Moonshine
Moon″shine′ (?), n. 1. The light of the moon.2. Hence, show without substance or reality.3. A month. Shak.4. A preparation of eggs for food.
Moonshine (2)
Moon″shine′, a. Moonlight. Clarendon.
Moonshine (3)
Moon″shine′ (?), n. Liquor smuggled or illicitly distilled.
Moonshine (4)
Moon″shine′, a. 1. Empty; trivial; idle.2. Designating, or pertaining to, illicit liquor; as, moonshine whisky.
Moonshiner
Moon″shin′er (?), n. A person engaged in illicit distilling; — so called because the work is largely done at night.
Moonshining
Moon″shin′ing (?), n. Illicit distilling.
Moonshiny
Moon″shin′y (?), a. Moonlight.I went to see them in a moonshiny night. Addison.
Moonstone
Moon″stone′ (–stōn′), n.(Min.) A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The best specimens come from Ceylon.
Moonstricken
Moon″strick′en (?), a. See Moonstruck.
Moonstruck
Moon″struck′ (?), a. 1. Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic.2. Produced by the supposed influence of the moon. “Moonstruck madness.” Mil...
Moonwort
Moon″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) (a) The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty. (b) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; — so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its ...
Moony
Moon″y (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to the moon.Soft and pale as the moony beam. J. R. Drake.2. Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.But soon the miscreant moony hostBefore ...
Moor
Moor (mo͞or), n. [F. More, Maure, L. Maurus a Moor, a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania, Gr. Μαυ̑ροσ; cf. μαυ̑ροσ black, dark. Cf. Morris a dance, Morocco.] 1. One of a m...
Moor (2)
Moor, n. [OE. mor, AS. mōr moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See Mere a lake.] 1. An extensive waste covered with patches of he...
Moor (3)
Moor (mo͞or), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Moored (mo͞ord); p. pr. & vb. n.Mooring.] [Prob. fr. D. marren to tie, fasten, or moor a ship. See Mar.] 1. (Naut.) To fix or secure, as a vesse...
Moor (4)
Moor, v. i. To cast anchor; to become fast.On oozy ground his galleys moor. Dryden.
Moorage
Moor″age (?), n. A place for mooring.
Moorball
Moor″ball′ (?), n.(Bot.) A fresh-water alga (Cladophora Ægagropila) which forms a globular mass.
Moorband
Moor″band′ (?), n. See Moorpan.
Mooress
Moor″ess (?), n. A female Moor; a Moorish woman.
Mooring
Moor″ing, n. 1. The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings.2. That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridl...
Moorish
Moor″ish, a. [From 2d Moor.] Having the characteristics of a moor or heath. “Moorish fens.” Thomson.
Moorish (2)
Moor″ish, a. [See 1st Moor, and cf. Morris, Moresque.] Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors.Moorish architecture, the style developed by the Moors...