moon 
pose to the rays of the moon. [Hare in both 
uses. ] 
If they would have it to be exceeding white Indeed, they 
seethe it yet once more, after It huth been thus sunned and 
mooned. IliMaiul. 
Krom 7 to 10 the whole population will lie in the streets, 
not sunning but mooning themselves. 
Kiivjitey. IscH (Life, II. 175). (Danen.) 
II. iiilrii>i.i. To wander or gaze idly or mood- 
ily about, as if moonstruck. [Colloq.] 
He went mtmnin;/ along with his head down in dull and 
helpless despondency. 
Mrt. Wiphaitt, Poor (limtK-man, xllv. 
moon'-'t. ''. and . An obsolete spelling of tnoanl. 
moonack (mii'nak), . [Also monax; Amer. 
Ind.] The woodchuck, Arctomys monax. J. 
liiin-oughis. See cut under Arctomys. [South- 
ern U. S., as Virginia, etc.] 
moonbeam (mon'bem), n. A ray of light from 
the moon. 
To fan the muonbeatn$ from his sleeping eyes. 
Shalt., M. N. D., ill. 1. 17. 
moonbill (raOn'bil), n. The ringbill or ring- 
necked scaup-duck, JEthyia collaris. G. Trum- 
InilL [South Carolina.] 
moon-blasted (mon'blas'ted), a. Blasted by 
the influence or supposed influence of the 
moon. 
moon-blind (mon'bliud). a. 1. Dim-sighted; 
purblind. Scott. 2. Same as moonstruck. 
moon-blink (mon' blingk),n. A temporary even- 
ing blindness said to be occasioned by sleeping 
in the moonshine in tropical climates. 
moon-box (mdn'boks), >i. A theatrical device 
for displaying an imitation moon on the stage. 
moon-calf (moVkiif), . [= G. iiiiinill.ii/li. a 
mooii-calf, a dolt, a false conception, lit. a per- 
son or conception influenced by the moon .] 1 . 
A monster ; a deformed creature. 
I hid me under the dead moon-calf ' gaberdine. 
Slink.. Tempest, U. 2. 115. 
2. A dolt; a stupid fellow. 3. A mole or mass 
of fleshy matter generated in the uterus; a false 
conception. Cotgrare. 
moon-creeper (mUn-kre'per), n. Same as 
moon-floicfr, 2. 
moon-culminating I'mon'kul'mi-na-ting), a. In 
itxtrini., passing the meridian at nearly the same 
time and on nearly the same parallel of declina- 
tion as the moon. Moon-culminating stars, stars 
which culminate at about the same time and nearly on 
the same parallel of declination as the moon. They are 
the stars of which the places are given in the Nautical 
Almanac (generally four in number for each day) for the 
days on which the moon can be observed, for use in longi- 
tude determinations. 
moon-culminations (mon'kul-mi-na'shonz), M. 
/>!. In astron., a method of determining the 
longitude of a place by observing with a tran- 
sit-instrument the times at which the limb of 
the moon and certain stars in the same part 
of the sky culminate, or cross the meridian. 
The fundamental principle is essentially the same as 
that involved in the nautical method of "lunar dis- 
tances" Among the stars the moon's position is utilized 
to make known the Greenwich time out the transit ob- 
servations are more easy and accurate than those made 
with a sextant, and the reductions are more simple. The 
method has been entirely superseded by the telegraphic 
method wherever circumstances render the latter prac- 
ticable. 
moon-daisy (mon'da"zi), n. The oxeye daisy, 
( 'In'i/xdiitliriuitiii Leucdntliemion. 
Broad tnoon-daigien among the ripe and almost sapless 
grass of midsummer. The Century, XJLXVL 804. 
moon-dial (mon'di'al), M. A dial for showing 
the hours by the moon, 
mooned (m oiul or mo'ned), a. [< moon + -ed-.] 
1. Having the moon as symbol; identified with 
the moon. 
And mooned Ashtaroth, 
Heaven's queen and mother both. 
Milton, Nativity, L 200. 
2. Marked or spotted as with moons. 
When with his mooned train 
The strutting peacock, yawling 'gainst the rain, 
Klutters into the Ark, by his shrill cry 
Telling the rest the tempest to be nigh. 
Drayton, Noah's Hood. 
3. Resembling the moon; crescent-shaped. 
While thus he spake, the angelic squadron bright 
Tnrn'd ttery red, sharpening In mooned horns 
Their phalanx. Milton, P. L., iv. 978. 
4. Furnished with a moon; bearing the Turkish 
symbol of the crescent. 
TiirlKins and scimitars in carnnge roll'd, 
And their movn'd ensigns torn from every hold. 
Mielcle. Almada Hill. 
mooner(mo'n6r), M. One who moons; one who 
wanders or gazes idly or moodilv about, as if 
moonstruck. l>icken$. [Colloq.j 
moonet (mo'net), ". [< moon + -tt.~\ A little 
moon ; a satellite. 
The i/utonett about Saturn and Jupiter. 
lip. Hall, Free Prisoner, | 2. 
mooney, <> and . See /o//. 
mooneye (m8n'i), n. 1. An eye affected, or 
suppose. I tn be affected, by the moon. 2. A 
disease of the eye in horses. 3. A name of 
several fishes. <') in the Mississippi valley, the moon- 
eyed or toothed herring, Uyodan teryuut, a herring like 
Mooneye \Hyo<ton ffrfuut . 
(From Report of U. S. l-Uh Commission.) 
fish with the belly rounded In front of the ventrals and 
carinated behind them. It Is a common handsome f.sh, of 
no economic value. See Byodon. Hence- (6) Any fish of 
the family Hyodontida. (e) The Cisco of Lake Michigan 
and Ontario, Coreymui hoyi. 
mooneyed (mSn'id), n. 1. Affected with moon- 
eye ; having eyes affected by the moon, or sup- 
posed to be so affected. 2. Dim-eyed; pur- 
blind. Dryden, Britannia Kediviva, 1. 94. 3. 
Noting certain fishes, as the Hyodontida; or 
mooneyes. 
moon-face (mSn'fas), . A full round face ac- 
cording to Oriental ideas, one of the principal 
features of beauty in a woman. 
He . . . surveyed the beauties of his time as the Caliph 
the moon/oca of his harem. Thackeray, Newcomes, liii. 
moon-faced (mpn 'fast), a. 1. Having a round 
face like the rising full moon : usually in con- 
tempt. 2. Having a radiant or beautiful face. 
Maud, the beloved of my mother, the moon-faced darling 
of all. Tennyton, Maud, L 
moon-fern (mSn'fera), n. The moonwort, Jio- 
trychium Lunaria. 
moonfish (mon ' fish), n. A name of several 
fishes, (a) The sunfish. Mola rotunda: so called from 
Its shape. | Local, Eng.] (6) A carangold flsh, *fej iwrmr. 
the horsehead or lookdown, having a much-compressed 
body, a very deep head abruptly angulated at the occiput, 
and smooth silvery skin, (e) A stromateid flsh. Stromatfus 
(or PtprUiuf) alepidotv*, the harvest-flan. (Florida, r. 8.) 
(d) An cphinpioid flsh, Chtrtodipterug (or Parephipjna)fa- 
ber, also called antifl-finh, spade-fish, three-banded gheepg- 
head, and three-tailed porgy. (Local, IT. 8.] (e) The horse- 
flsh, I'mner setipinnis. Also called dnllar-fith. See cuU un- 
der Mola, horsehfad, and Ctuetodipterug. 
moonflaw (mdn'fla), n. A flaw or defect sup- 
posed to be caused by the moon ; especially, 
an attack of lunacy. 
I fear she has a Moonflaw in her brains ; 
She chides and fights that none can look upon her. 
Brome, Queen and Concubine, iv. 7. 
moon-flower (mSn'flou'er), n. 1. The oxeye 
daisy, Chrysanthemum Levcanthemum. 2. A 
tropical night-blooming species of Ipoma'a, 
with large fragrant white flowers, /. Bona- 
nox or /. grandiflora. The moon-flower now culti- 
vated as a summer plant northward Is probably I. Bona 
nox, though sometimes called /. noctiphyton, etc. Also 
moon-creeper. 
moong (mong), M. [E. Ind. niunti (?); cf. mun- 
170.] In the East Indies, a name given to some 
varieties of Phaseolus Mungo, a species of kid- 
ney-bean. 
mponglade (mon'glad), . The track of moon- 
light on water. [U. S.] 
ilnonflladr : a beautiful word for the track of moonlight 
on the water. Loirrll, Blglow Papers, 2d ser., Int. 
moongus (mong'gus), n. Same as mongoos. 
moomsh (mo'msh),n. [< moon + -ink 1 .] Like 
the moon; variable as the moon ; fickle; flighty. 
At which time would I, being but a mooniih youth, 
grieve, be effeminate, changeable, longing, and liking. 
Skat., At you Like it, iii. 2. 430. 
moonja. moonjah (mon'jft), M. [E. Ind., < 8kt. 
in n a jn.] A grass, Sacchantni ciliart (S. ifunja), 
indigenous to India, possessing great tenacity, 
twisted into tow-ropes, rigging, etc. 
moon-knife (ru8n'nif), . A crescent-shaped 
knife used by leather-workers in shaving off the 
coarse fleshy parts of skins. It is sharpened 
on the convex edge. 
The dyed leather Is washed with pure water, dried, (and) 
grounded with a curious mcon-tcntfe. 
Erteye. Brit., XIV. 889. 
moonless (mon'les),rt. [< moon 1 + -letts.] Des- 
titute of a moon ; without moonlight. 
When the dim nights were mnnnlrm. 
Shelley, Revolt of Islam, I. 46. 
moonshine 
moonlight (inon'lit), . am) ii. |< ME. motie- 
lifht i= l>. inilililliclll = Ii. miiHillifht); < m(/l 
+ /(<//./' , n.'] I. H. Tin- light afforded l,y tin- 
moon; sunlight reflt-eteil from the- surface of 
the moon. 
II. n. Pertaining to > moonlight ; illiiininateU 
by the moon ; occurring during or by moon- 
light. 
If you will patiently dance In our round 
And see oar moonltyU revels, fu with u. 
.S'Aa*., M. N. l).,ll. 1. 141. 
A moonlight flitting, tot jutting. 
moon-lighted (men'li'ted), a. Same aa moon- 
lit. 
moonlighter (man'li'ter), n. 1. A memlx-r of 
one of the organized bands of desperados that 
carried on a system of agrarian outrages in 
Ireland. 2. Same as moonshiner. 3. One of 
a party who go about serenading on moonlight 
nights. [Local, U. 8.] 
moonlighting (mon'li'ting), n. [< moonlight + 
-ing 1 . Cf. moonlighter.] 1. Systematic agra- 
rian outrages in Ireland. Bee moonlighter. 2. 
Moonshining. 
moonlingt (mon'ling), n. [< moiil + -Wwjrl.] 
A simpleton; a fool; a lunatic. 
I have a husband, and a two-legged one, 
But such a moonlinff as no wit of man 
Or roses can redeem from being an ass. 
B. JuHHin, Devil Is an Ass, L S. 
moon-lit (mon'lit), a. Lighted or illuminated 
by the moon. 
When smoothly go our gondoleta 
O'er the moonlit sea. Moore, National Airs. 
moon-loved (mSn'luvd), a. Loved by the moon. 
The yellow-skirted Fayes 
Fly after the night-steeds, leaving their maon-loi'd maze. 
Milton. Nativity, L 230 
moon-madness (mon'raad'nes), n. Lunacy; 
the madness supposed to be produced by sleep- 
ing in the full rays of the moon. 
Want, and moon-madnea, and the pest's swift bane, . . . 
Have each their mark and sign. 
Shelley, Rerolt of Islam, v 1 . 17. 
moon-mant (m3n'man), />. 1. A lunatic. See 
quotation under def. 2. 2. A Gipsy. 
A mooneman signifies in English a madman. ... By a 
by-namethey are called Gipsies, they call themselves Eglp- 
Hans, others In mockery call them moonemen. 
Deleter, Lant home and Candle- Light, vlll. 
moon-month (mOn'munth), H. A lunar month. 
See month. 
moon-penny (mBn'pen'i), n. The oxeye daisy, 
l-'k rysn n them u m I^euca ntliemv m . 
moon-plant (mou'plaut), n. Same as soma- 
plant. 
mpon-raker (mon'ra'ker), n. 1. A stupid or 
silly person : said to refer primarily to one 
who, mistaking the moon's shadow in water for 
a cheese, set himself to rake it out. 2. Xaut., 
same as moon-nail. 
moon-raking (mon'ra'king), M. Wool-gather- 
ing. See moon-raker, 1. 
Being called the master now, ... it Irked me much 
that anyone should take advantage of me; yet everybody 
did so as soon as ever It was known that my wits were 
gone miKin-ratimj. R. D. Bladcmore, Lorna Doone, ivil. 
moqnrise (raon'riz), n. The rising of the moon, 
or its appearance above the horizon. 
The serene tnoonrue of a summer night J. MaHey. 
moons (monz), n. Same as moon 1 , 6. 
moon-sail (mdVsal or -si), n. Xaut., a sail set 
above a skysail. Also called moon-raker. 
moonseed (mon'sed), n. A plant of the genus 
Menixpermum.- Canadian moonseed, . Caiwdij. 
moonset (mdn'set), n. [< moon 1 + wl ; formed 
on analogy of #unxet.] The setting of the moon. 
Broirning. [Rare.] 
moon-shaped (aBte'thipt), a. Shaped like the 
moon ; crescent-shaped. 
moonshee (mOn'she), 11. [< Hind, muiixhi, < 
Ar. iiiuiixlii, a writer, secretary, tutor.] In Hin- 
dustan, a secretary; also, an interpreter; a 
teacher of languages. 
His good wife sat reading her Bible, in Blndoostanee, 
under the guidance of a long nosed, white-bearded old 
moonthee. W. U. RuaeU, Diary In India, II. 77. 
moon-sheered (mSn'sherd), a. Xaat., noting 
a ship the upper works of which rise very high 
fore and aft. [Rare.] 
moonshine (mBn'shin), n. and a. [= D. mant- 
scliijn = MHG. mniixlcini', mdnnrhin. Q. mond- 
xrhrin = Icel. mdnatikin = Sw. mdnxkcn = Dan. 
maanegkin ; as moon 1 + shine.] I. M. 1. The 
shining or light of the moon. 
Flower-cups all with dewdrops gleam, 
And mooiuhint floweth like a stream. 
MoUttrmU, The Voice of Love. 
