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LUNE
Etymology 1
Noun
lune (plural lunes)
(obsolete) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
Etymology 2
Noun
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.
Usage notes
The corresponding convex shape is sometimes called a lune, but is, strictly, a lens.
Etymology 3
Noun
lune (plural lunes)
(hawking) A leash for a hawk.
Anagrams
• nuel
Etymology
Proper noun
Lune
A river in Lancashire, England, which passes Lancaster.
Anagrams
• 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
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