lunan.

Brit.

/ˈluːnə/,

/ˈljuːnə/, U.S.

/ˈlunə/

Forms: Also 1600s anglicized lune.

Etymology: < Latin lūna moon.

(In senses 1, 2 written with capital L as proper name.)

1. The moon (personified).

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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun]

moonOE

Diana1398

Hecatec1420

lady of the night1480

luna?1499

Lucina?1504

Phoebe1600

queen of the night?1610

mother of months1613

noctiluca1623

Cynthia1645

Oliver?1747

star-queen1818

Paddy's lantern1834

parish lantern1847

night-sun1855

?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Aij Whan luna full of mutabylyte As Emperes the dyademe hath worne Of our pole artyke.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. ii. sig. D2 And Luna hides her selfe to pleasure vs.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 39 Dul. What is dictima? Nath. A title to Phebe, to Luna, to the Moone .

1836 M. Mackintosh Cottager's Daughter 319 Luna shone bright in the blue arch above.

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†a. Alchemy. Silver (obsolete).

b. Heraldry. The name used for argent, in the blazon of sovereign princes.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > metal > silver or white

silver1478

argent1562

moon1572

pearl1572

seraphim1586

luna1709

crystal1830

c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 273 Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe.

1594 H. Plat Jewell House 89 To melt one part of Luna with 3 parts of Venus.

1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 45 When Ioue they turne to Sol or Luna fine.

1616 J. Davies Select Second Husband sig. B6^v Though Beauty then seeme Sol, at least as rich, It wil be found but Lune, on Tryalls touch.

1651 J. French Art Distillation vi. 196 Take..of our lune, not of the vulgar, graines two.

1652 Liber Patris Sapientiæ in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 198 Luna ys a pure white Body of clene Mercury & Sulphur white ingendered.

1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 6 Nov. (O.H.S.) II. 301 A Cross Patée Luna.

1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 49 The Alchymists..bestowed on the seven Metals..the names of the seven Planets of the Ancients... Thus Gold was called Sol, Silver Luna, Copper Venus, Tin Jupiter, Lead Saturn, Iron Mars, and Quick-silver Mercury.

1828–40 W. Berry Encycl. Her.

c. luna cornea n. = horn-silver n., chloride of silver fused. Also Lunae cornua (sometimes Luna cornua).

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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > silver > [noun] > compounds

luna cornea1706

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Luna Cornea or Lunæ Cornua, a tough, tasteless Mass, almost like Horn, made by pouring Spirit of Salt..on Crystals of Silver.

1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 33 One hundred parts of..salt, 235 parts of Luna cornua well dried.

1890 Abney Photogr. (ed. 6) Silver chloride, known to them [alchemists] as Luna cornua.

3. More fully luna-moth: A large moth of North America, Actias luna, having crescent-shaped spots on the wings.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types > miscellaneous types

high-flyer?1749

nonpareil1749

porphyry1819

satin carpet1819

satin pygmy1828

scopolian1829

chalk carpet1832

sieve lackey1832

sprawler1832

tissue1832

treble bar1832

treble gold stripe1832

vesper-beauty1832

viburnian1832

yellowhead1832

flame carpet1862

sting-moth1863

lilac moth1868

luna-moth1869

melon-caterpillar1884

wood-nymph1885

unicorn-moth1891

geometer moth1897

the suspected1908

porina1929

tomato pinworm1931

mopane worm1966

1869 Amer. Naturalist 2 679/2 Luna moth.

1876 Field & Forest 2 72 Mr. Rodgers..gives the history of the Luna moth.

1884 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) II. 458 The luna moth, Actias luna, is unrivalled for loveliness and beauty.

1948 Nat. Hist. Dec. 451/1 The Hercules moth is a close relative of the well-known Luna moth.

1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. 267 Luna Moth: Actias luna... Wings are delicate green, shading to pale gray, with transparent eyespots... Larva..resembles the Polyphemus larva except that Luna has yellow lateral stripe and no oblique stripes on the side.

1974 A. Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek x. 159 Luna moths are those fragile ghost moths, fairy moths, whose five-inch wings are swallow-tailed, a pastel green bordered in silken lavender.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	luna
释义	lunan. Brit. /ˈluːnə/, /ˈljuːnə/, U.S. /ˈlunə/ Forms: Also 1600s anglicized lune. Etymology: < Latin lūna moon. (In senses 1, 2 written with capital L as proper name.) 1. The moon (personified). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] moonOE Diana1398 Hecatec1420 lady of the night1480 luna?1499 Lucina?1504 Phoebe1600 queen of the night?1610 mother of months1613 noctiluca1623 Cynthia1645 Oliver?1747 star-queen1818 Paddy's lantern1834 parish lantern1847 night-sun1855 ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Aij Whan luna full of mutabylyte As Emperes the dyademe hath worne Of our pole artyke. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. ii. sig. D2 And Luna hides her selfe to pleasure vs. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 39 Dul. What is dictima? Nath. A title to Phebe, to Luna, to the Moone . View more context for this quotation 1836 M. Mackintosh Cottager's Daughter 319 Luna shone bright in the blue arch above. 2. Thesaurus » Categories » †a. Alchemy. Silver (obsolete). b. Heraldry. The name used for argent, in the blazon of sovereign princes. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > metal > silver or white silver1478 argent1562 moon1572 pearl1572 seraphim1586 luna1709 crystal1830 c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 273 Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 89 To melt one part of Luna with 3 parts of Venus. 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 45 When Ioue they turne to Sol or Luna fine. 1616 J. Davies Select Second Husband sig. B6^v Though Beauty then seeme Sol, at least as rich, It wil be found but Lune, on Tryalls touch. 1651 J. French Art Distillation vi. 196 Take..of our lune, not of the vulgar, graines two. 1652 Liber Patris Sapientiæ in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 198 Luna ys a pure white Body of clene Mercury & Sulphur white ingendered. 1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 6 Nov. (O.H.S.) II. 301 A Cross Patée Luna. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 49 The Alchymists..bestowed on the seven Metals..the names of the seven Planets of the Ancients... Thus Gold was called Sol, Silver Luna, Copper Venus, Tin Jupiter, Lead Saturn, Iron Mars, and Quick-silver Mercury. 1828–40 W. Berry Encycl. Her. c. luna cornea n. = horn-silver n., chloride of silver fused. Also Lunae cornua (sometimes Luna cornua). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > silver > [noun] > compounds luna cornea1706 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Luna Cornea or Lunæ Cornua, a tough, tasteless Mass, almost like Horn, made by pouring Spirit of Salt..on Crystals of Silver. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 33 One hundred parts of..salt, 235 parts of Luna cornua well dried. 1890 Abney Photogr. (ed. 6) Silver chloride, known to them [alchemists] as Luna cornua. 3. More fully luna-moth: A large moth of North America, Actias luna, having crescent-shaped spots on the wings. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types > miscellaneous types high-flyer?1749 nonpareil1749 porphyry1819 satin carpet1819 satin pygmy1828 scopolian1829 chalk carpet1832 sieve lackey1832 sprawler1832 tissue1832 treble bar1832 treble gold stripe1832 vesper-beauty1832 viburnian1832 yellowhead1832 flame carpet1862 sting-moth1863 lilac moth1868 luna-moth1869 melon-caterpillar1884 wood-nymph1885 unicorn-moth1891 geometer moth1897 the suspected1908 porina1929 tomato pinworm1931 mopane worm1966 1869 Amer. Naturalist 2 679/2 Luna moth. 1876 Field & Forest 2 72 Mr. Rodgers..gives the history of the Luna moth. 1884 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) II. 458 The luna moth, Actias luna, is unrivalled for loveliness and beauty. 1948 Nat. Hist. Dec. 451/1 The Hercules moth is a close relative of the well-known Luna moth. 1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. 267 Luna Moth: Actias luna... Wings are delicate green, shading to pale gray, with transparent eyespots... Larva..resembles the Polyphemus larva except that Luna has yellow lateral stripe and no oblique stripes on the side. 1974 A. Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek x. 159 Luna moths are those fragile ghost moths, fairy moths, whose five-inch wings are swallow-tailed, a pastel green bordered in silken lavender. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1386
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