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lune

1  [loon]
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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

lune

2  [loon]
–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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