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lune

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Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

lunen. [L. luna moon: cf. F. lune. See Luna.].
  •  Anything in the shape of a half moon.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.  [1913 Webster]
    "These dangerous, unsafe lunes i' the king."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lune, n. Geom. a crescent-shaped figure formed on a sphere or plane by two arcs intersecting at two points.

Etymology
F f. L luna moon

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