3. (old).—A nocturnal robber. Also minions of the moon.

1597. Shakspeare, 1 Henry IV, i. 2. The fortune of us that are

moon’s men doth ebb and flow like the sea.

Moon-raker, subs. (nautical).—1. An imaginary sail above the

sky-scraper (q.v.); a moon-sail (q.v.).