n. [ OE. mone, AS. mōna; akin to D. maan, OS. & OHG. māno, G. mond, Icel. māni, Dan. maane, Sw. måne, Goth. mēna, Lith. menů, L. mensis month, Gr.
The crescent moon, the diadem of night. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Moon blindness.
Moon dial,
Moon face,
Moon madness,
Moon month,
Moon trefoil (Bot.),
Moon year,
blue moon,
many moons,
v. i. To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
Elsley was mooning down the river by himself. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
If they have it to be exceeding white indeed, they seethe it yet once more, after it hath been thus sunned and mooned. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A ray of light from the moon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Dim-sighted; purblind. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called
n.
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 beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon. “Sharpening in mooned horns.” “Mooned Ashtaroth.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who abstractedly wanders or gazes about, as if moonstruck. [ R. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]