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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