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▪ I. lunate, a. Chiefly Nat. Hist.|ˈl(j)uːnət|
[ad. L. lūnātus, f. lūna moon: see -ate2.]
Crescent-shaped, crescentiform.
1777S. Robson Brit. Flora 11 Lunate, subrotund. 1806J. Galpine Brit. Bot. 329 Stipulæ lunate, toothed. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 174 Eyes linear, almost lunate. 1848J. G. Dalyell Rare Anim. Scotl. II. 88 The lunate hydræ of Scotland falling within the sphere of my observation, are of three distinct genera. 1870Bentley Man. Bot. 161 When a leaf is reniform but with the lobes at the base of the lamina pointed, it is lunate or crescent-shaped.
▪ II. lunate, n. Archæol.|ˈl(j)uːneɪt|
[f. the adj.]
A small prehistoric stone (usu. flint) artifact which was probably used as an arrow-head and has an elongated half-moon shape with the straight edge unworked and the curved edge sharpened by chipping.
1932Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. LXII. 261 A fair proportion of lunates and other microliths showed a peculiar retouch... The back of the implement is not blunted in the ordinary way, but is trimmed obliquely from both surfaces, the result being to make it sharp instead of blunt. 1949W. F. Albright Archaeol. of Palestine iii. 59 The Natufian was a thorough-going microlithic culture, consisting largely of flint blades and points, most typical of which is the so-called lunate, a crescent or arc-shaped blade, probably used to tip reed arrows. 1960K. M. Kenyon Archaeol. in Holy Land ii. 36 Most characteristic of all are the lunates, very fine little flakes with a straight edge and a crescent-shaped back. |