half-moon

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

half-moon, n. 

•  The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.  [1913 Webster]
•  The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.  [1913 Webster]

  "See how in warlike muster they appear,
  In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings."  [1913 Webster]
•  An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.  [1913 Webster]
•  A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Cæsiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

half-moon

Curvature

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