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Webster 1913 Edition


Lune

Lune

(lūn)
,
Noun.
[L.
luna
moon: cf. F.
lune
. See
Luna
.]
1.
Anything in the shape of a half moon.
[R.]
2.
(Geom.)
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.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Lune

LUNE

,
Noun.
[L. luna, the moon.]
1.
Any thing in the shape of a half-moon. [Little used.]
2.
A fit of lunacy or madness, or a freak. [Not used.]
3.
A leash; as the lune of a hawk.