Lump"fish` (?), n. [From Lump, on account of its bulkiness: cf. G. & D.
lump, F. lompe.] (Zoöl.) A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish
(Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually
translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny
tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral
fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and
seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl.
Lump"ing, a. Bulky; heavy. Arbuthnot.
Lump"ish, a. Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless. "
Lumpish, heavy, melancholy." Shak.
-- Lump"ish*ly, adv. -- Lump"ish*ness, n.
Lump"suck`er (?), n. (Zoöl.) The lumpfish.
Lump"y (?), a. [Compar. Lumpier (?); superl. Lumpiest.] Full of lumps,
or small compact masses.
||Lu"na (?), n. [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n., and cf.
||Lune.] 1. The moon.
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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 (Zoöl.), 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.
Lu"na*cy (?), n.; pl. Lunacies (#). [See Lunatic.] 1. Insanity or
madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of
reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the
moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental
derangement or alienation. Brande. Burrill.
Your kindred shuns your house As beaten hence by your strange
lunacy.
Shak.
2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through
fanaticism. Dr. H. More.
Syn. -- Derangement; craziness; mania. See Insanity.
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Lu"nar (l"nr), a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the moon. See Luna, and cf.
Lunary.] 1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.