MOONSHINE

moonshine, bootleg, corn liquor

(noun) whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash

moonlight, moonshine, Moon

(noun) the light of the Moon; “moonlight is the smuggler’s enemy”; “the Moon was bright enough to read by”

moonshine

(verb) distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

moonshine (countable and uncountable, plural moonshines)

(literally) The light of the moon; moonlight.

(informal) High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.

(colloquial) Nonsense.

(mathematics) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.

(US, culinary) A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions.

(obsolete) A month.

Synonyms

• (moonlight): moonbeam

• (illegal liquor): bathtub gin, bootleg, corn liquor, hooch, mountain dew, white lightning, coon-dick, coondick

Source: Wiktionary

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Moon"shine`, n.

1. The light of the moon.

2. Hence, show without substance or reality.

3. A month. [R.] Shak.

4. A preparation of eggs for food. [Obs.]

Moon"shine`, a.

Definition: Moonlight. [R.] Clarendon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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