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–noun

1.	anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.

2.	a crescent-shaped figure bounded by two arcs of circles, either on a plane or a spherical surface.

[Origin: 1695–1705; < L lūna moon

]

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–noun Falconry.

a line for securing a hawk.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME, var. of loyn < MF loigne longe

]

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n. A crescent-shaped portion of a plane or sphere bounded by two arcs of circles.

[Latin lūna, moon; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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Lu"na\, n. [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n., and cf. Lune.]

1. The moon.

2. (Alchemy) Silver.

Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called from its resemblance to horn.

Luna moth (Zo["o]l.), a very large and beautiful American moth (Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, with a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow. Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on the hickory, sassafras, and maple.

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