Addison.
Moon"stone` (-stn`), n. (Min.) A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar,
showing pearly or opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem.
The best specimens come from Ceylon.
Moon"strick`en (?), a. See Moonstruck.
Moon"struck` (?), a. 1. Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed
influence of the moon; lunatic.
2. Produced by the supposed influence of the moon. "Moonstruck
madness." Milton.
3. Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a human being;
made unsuitable for food, as fishes, by such supposed influence.
Moon"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.
(b) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from
the crescent-shaped segments of its frond.
Moon"y (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to the moon.
Soft and pale as the moony beam.
J. R. Drake.