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<hw>Lu"na*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lunaire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The herb moonwort or "honesty".</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A low fleshy fern (<spn>Botrychium Lunaria</spn>) with lunate segments of the leaf or frond.</def>

<h1>Lunate, Lunated</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw><hw>Lu"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lu"na*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lunatus</ets> crescent-shaped, p. p. of <ets>lunare</ets> to bend like a crescent, fr. <ets>luna</ets> the moon.]</ety> <def>Crescent-shaped; <as>as, a <ex>lunate</ex> leaf; a <ex>lunate</ex> beak; a <ex>lunated</ex> cross.</as></def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Lunatic</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lu"na*tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lunatique</ets>, L. <ets>lunaticus</ets>, fr. <ets>luna</ets> the moon. See <er>Lunar</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.</def>

<blockquote>Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic. <i>Wyclif (Matt. xvii. 15).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; <as>as, <ex>lunatic</ex> gibberish; a <ex>lunatic</ex> asylum.</as></def>

<h1>Lunatic</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lu"na*tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>lunatic</b>, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lunation</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lu*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lunated</er>.]</ety> <def>The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29<frac14/ to 29<frac56/ days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s.</def>

<h1>Lunch</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lunch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of uncertain etymol. Cf. Prov. Eng. <ets>nunc</ets> a lump.]</ety> <def>A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner.</def>

<h1>Lunch</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lunch</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lunched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lunching</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To take luncheon.</def>

<i>Smart.</i>

<h1>Luncheon</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lunch"eon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>luncheon</ets>, <ets>lunchion</ets>, <ets>lunshin</ets>, a large lump of food, fr. <ets>lunch</ets>. See <er>Lunch</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A lump of food.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner.</def>

<h1>Luncheon</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lunch"eon</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To take luncheon.</def>

<i>Beaconsfield.</i>

<h1>Lune</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lune</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>luna</ets> moon: cf. F. <ets>lune</ets>. See <er>Luna</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Anything in the shape of a half moon.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles.</def>