LUNARY
\lˈuːnəɹi], \lˈuːnəɹi], \l_ˈuː_n_ə_ɹ_i]\
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Pertaining to the moon; measured by the revolutions of the moon; resembling the moon; influenced by the moon. Lunar caustic, nitrate of silver. Lunar cycle, the period of time after which the new moons return on the same days of the year. Lunar month, the time in which the moon completes a revolution about the earth. Lunar observation, an observation of the moon's distance from a star to find the longitude. Lunar rainbow, a faint rainbow occasioned by the refraction of the light of the moon. Lunar year, the period of 12 synodic lunar months, being about 354 1/2 days.
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Moonwort, or honesty, an herb.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
