Definition of moon

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Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.

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Moonie :: Moonie (n.) The European goldcrest.
Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
Opalescence :: Opalescence (n.) A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the interior of a mineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of being opalescent..
Moon-faced :: Moon-faced (a.) Having a round, full face..
Spadefish :: Spadefish (n.) An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy..
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like..
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
Phase :: Phase (n.) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust. under Moon..
Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month..
Moonstruck :: Moonstruck (a.) Produced by the supposed influence of the moon.
Moon-eye :: Moon-eye (n.) The cisco.
Moonblind :: Moonblind (a.) Dim-sighted; purblind.
Conjunction :: Conjunction (n.) The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6..
Rille :: Rille (n.) One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon..
Moonraker :: Moonraker (n.) Same as Moonsail.
Moonglade :: Moonglade (n.) The bright reflection of the moon's light on an expanse of water.
Gibbous :: Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon..
Perigeum :: Perigeum (n.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; -- opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum..
Moony :: Moony (a.) Silly; weakly sentimental.
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