Moon"ling (?), n. A simpleton; a lunatic. [Obs.]

Moon"lit` (?), a. Illumined by the moon. "The moonlit sea." Moore.

"Moonlit dells." Lowell.

Moon"rak`er (?), n. (Naut.) Same as Moonsail.

Moon"rise` (?), n. The rising of the moon above the horizon; also, the

time of its rising.

Moon"sail` (?), n. (Naut.) A sail sometimes carried in light winds,

above a skysail. R. H. Dana, Jr.

Moon"seed` (?), n. (Bot.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; --

so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.

Moon"set` (?), n. The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the

time when the moon sets.

||Moon"shee (?), n. [Hind. munish, fr. Ar. munish a writer, author,

||secretary, tutor.] A Mohammedan professor or teacher of language.

||[India]

Moon"shine` (?), n. 1. The light of the moon.

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