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luna
/ˈluːnə/
noun 5name 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, close, closer, fabulous, real, reliable, sincere, trustworthy
VERB + LUNA
colonize, delight, focusing, go, going, probe, see, staring
LUNA + NOUN
independence, mantle, mars, someone, space
PREP.
from, from, on, with, with
ADV.
instead
Definitions
noun
1
A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
“Gee,” whispered Oliver. He sat there staring. “A luna! I never thought I’d see a real luna!”
On the previous evening we had discovered with delight a luna with the fabulous moons, one on each pale green wing.
2
A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.
The Bread of Angels is first taken from the tabernacle, where it rests in the luna, and placed upon the altar, covered with a corporal. After genuflecting, the priest puts the luna containing the Blessed Sacrament on its throne—the monstrance—and elevates it […]
This receptacle is called a “luna” or “lunula” (a moon, or a little moon), and has glass on either side, so that the Host may be seen when enclosed therein. […] ¶ […] ¶ The ciborium, the pyx and luna of the ostensorium are blessed with a simpler formula than that used for the chalice, and […] ¶ […] ¶ The chalice, the paten, the luna and the pyx are sacred things, true sacramentals, and are worthy of deepest reverence; for […]
noun
1
A foreman on a plantation.
There are several reasons why the Hawaiian-born Japanese boys and girls do not take kindly to plantation labor, but one of the chief reasons is the objection to the kind of lunas who oversee the work of the laborers.
[…] haoles could not visualize Chinese or Japanese in positions of authority. And from sad experience, the great plantation owners had discovered that the Americans they could get to serve as lunas were positively no good. Capable Americans expected office jobs and incapable ones were unable to control the Oriental […]
name
1
The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.
2
The name of Earth's moon; Moon.
Luna that ne'er shines by day.
He has but little prudence, no apprehension of consequences, and none of that melancholy which in tempraments of Luna and Venus is generally felt, and from which he is saved by the combination of Mars and Mercury.
3
A female given name from Latin.
- - - and it so happened, that in one of old Bryan's daughters named Luna, or more familiarly Loony, he perceived, or thought he perceived, some imaginary similarity in form and air to the lovely apparition.
A few seconds later, Luna Lovegood emerged, trailing behind the rest of the class, a smudge of earth on her nose, and her hair tied in a knot on the top of her head.
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“Gee,” whispered Oliver. He sat there staring. “A luna! I never thought I’d see a real luna!”
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On the previous evening we had discovered with delight a luna with the fabulous moons, one on each pale green wing.
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Spray BT on your young oak to protect against gypsy moths, and you wipe out future lunas, cecropias, and everything else on the leaves, along with the pests.
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There are several reasons why the Hawaiian-born Japanese boys and girls do not take kindly to plantation labor, but one of the chief reasons is the objection to the kind of lunas who oversee the work
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[…] haoles could not visualize Chinese or Japanese in positions of authority. And from sad experience, the great plantation owners had discovered that the Americans they could get to serve as lunas we
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After the day was over I went to the luna to count my day but he would not. Then I went to him the second time and he said he would not put it down.
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