DEMILUNE

Etymology

Adjective

demilune (not comparable)

(of furniture) In the shape of a half-moon, i.e. semicircular.

Noun

demilune (plural demilunes)

A fortification constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin.

(biology) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.

Source: Wiktionary


Dem"i*lune`, n. Etym: [F. demi-lune.]

1. (Fort.)

Definition: A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.

2. (Physiol.)

Definition: A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.

Note: Each crescent is made of polyhedral cells which under some circumstances are supposed to give rise to new salivary cells.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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