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Webster 1913 Edition


Half-moon

Half′-moonˊ

(-moōnˊ)
,
Noun.
1.
The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
2.
The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
See how in warlike muster they appear,
In rhombs, and wedges, and
half-moons
, and wings.
Milton.
3.
(Fort.)
An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; – now called a
ravelin
.
4.
(Zool.)
A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (
Caesiosoma Californiense
). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also
medialuna
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Half-moon

H`ALF-MOON

,
Noun.
The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
1.
Any thing in the shape of a half-moon. In fortification, an outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle, whose gorge is in the form of a crescent or half-moon.

Definition 2024


half-moon

half-moon

English

Noun

half-moon (plural half-moons)

  1. the moon, in its first or last quarter, when only half the face is illuminated
  2. anything shaped like a crescent, especially the base of a fingernail

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