Thesaurus: half-moon

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1. n. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
2. n. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
3. n. An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.
4. n. A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.
5. n. the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
6. n. the time at which the Moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated
7. 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. 2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. Milton. 3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin. 4. (Zoöl.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Cæsiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.
8. An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whosegorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.
9. j:100 n. the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail n. the time at which the Moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated