2. A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an
informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner.
Lunch"eon, v. i. To take luncheon. Beaconsfield.
Lune (?), n. [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.
Shak.
Lu"net (?), n. [See Lunette.] A little moon or satellite. [Obs.] Bp.
Hall.
Lu*nette" (?), n. [F., dim. of lune moon, L. luna. See Lune a
crescent.] 1. (Fort.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a
salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.