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<cs><col>Lunisolar precession</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>that portion of the annual precession of the equinoxes which depends on the joint action of the sun and moon.</cd> -- <col>Lunisolar year</col>, <cd>a period of time, at the end of which, in the Julian calendar, the new and full moons and the eclipses recur on the same days of the week and month and year as in the previous period. It consists of 532 common years, being the least common multiple of the numbers of years in the cycle of the sun and the cycle of the moon.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lunistice</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lu"ni*stice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>luna</ets>. moon + <ets>sistere</ets> to cause to stand. Cf. <er>Solstice</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lunitidal</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lu"ni*tid`al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon.</def>

<i>Bache.</i>

<cs><col>Lunitidal interval</col>. <cd>See <er>Retard</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd></cs>

<h1>Lunt</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lunt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>lont</ets>; akin to Dan. & G. <ets>lunte</ets>, Sw. <ets>lunta</ets>. Cf. <er>Link</er> a torch.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The match cord formerly used in firing cannon.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A puff of smoke.</def> <mark>[Scotch.]</mark>

<i>Burns.</i>

<h1>Lunula</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lu"nu*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lunul\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., prop., a little moon. See <er>Lunule</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Lunule</er>.</def>

<h1>Lunular</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lu"nu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lunulaire</ets>. See <er>Lunula</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.</def>

<h1>Lunulate, Lunulated</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw><hw>Lu"nu*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lu"nu*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lunula</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Resembling a small crescent.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Lunule</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lu"nule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>lunula</ets>, dim. of <ets>luna</ets> moon.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A lune. See <er>Lune</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small or narrow crescent.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Bivalve</er>.</def>

<h1>Lunulet</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lu"nu*let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>lunule</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; <as>as, the <ex>lunulet</ex> on the wings of many insects</as>.</def>

<h1>Lunulite</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lu"nu*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lunule</ets> + <ets>-life</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lunulithe.</ets> See <er>Lunula</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Any bryozoan of the genus <spn>Lunulites</spn>, having a more or less circular form.</def>

<h1>Luny</h1> <Xpage=875>

<hw>Lu"ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Shortened fr. <ets>lunatic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Crazy; mentally unsound.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>loony</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Law, U.S.]</mark>