lune (plural lunes)
(obsolete) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
lune (plural lunes)
A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.
Anything crescent-shaped.
The corresponding convex shape is sometimes called a lune, but is, strictly, a lens.
lune (plural lunes)
(hawking) A leash for a hawk.
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Lune
A river in Lancashire, England, which passes Lancaster.
• nuel
Source: Wiktionary
Lune, n. Etym: [L. luna moon: cf. F. lune. See Luna.]
1. Anything in the shape of a half moon. [R.]
2. (Geom.)
Definition: A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles.
3. A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak. [Obs.] These dangerous, unsafe lunes i' the king. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 May 2025
(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
