quarter moon
noun
1The moon as it appears with a quarter of its face illuminated, a crescent moon.
2A time when the moon is at its first or last quarter; the moon as it appears at such a time (with half its face illuminated).
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Philemon Holland (1552–1637), translator.
- Cassegrain telescope
- casserole
- cassette
- cassette deck
- cassette player
- cassette recorder
- cassette tape
- cassia
- cassia bark
- cassingle
- Cassini
- Cassini, Giovanni Domenico
- Cassiopeia
- cassis
- cassiterite
- Cassius Clay
- Cassius, Gaius
- cassock
- cassocked
- cassone
- cassoulet
- cassowary
- cass-weed
- cast
- cast about (or around or round)