Reverse Dictionary: MOON

ADJECTIVES
► CRESCENT shaped like the new or old moon → 1603
► CRESCENTIC having the form of a crescent or new moon → 1835
► CRESCENTRIC having the form of a crescent or new moon → 1851
► CYNTHIAN of the Moon → 1632
► DECRESCENT of the moon: waning → 1610
► IN FLOWER of the moon: full → 1942 Amer. dial.
► LUNARIAN inhabiting the moon → 1868
► LUNARY pert. to the moon; also, inhabiting the moon → 1561
► LUNATIC influenced by the moon → c1430 obs.
► MOONISH resembling or characteristic of the moon; influenced by the moon; acting as if under the moon’s influence; changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical, capricious, variable → c1407 obs.
► NOVILUNAR pertaining to the new moon → 1686
► PENNY-FULL of the moon: round like a penny, ‘full’ → c1470 obs.
► PLENILUNARY pertaining to the full moon → 1646
► SILENT of the moon: not shining → a1646 obs.
► SUBLUNARY subject to the moon’s influence → 1613
► WANAL of the moon: waning → 1693 obs.
► WANE incomplete; not fully formed or properly shaped; of the moon: not full → 1456 obs.

NOUNS
► BOWET the moon → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BREAK-BACK the harvest moon; so called by harvest labourers because of the additional work it entails → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BURR a circle of light round the moon, or a star → 1631
► BURROW a circle of light about the moon → 1499 obs.
► CRATERLET a small crater on the moon → 1881
► CROWN a circle or halo of light seen around the sun, the moon, a shadow, etc. → 1563
► CYNTHIA a poetic name for the Moon personified as a goddess → 1645
► DARK the moonless period of the month → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DARK MOON the interval between the old moon and the new moon → 1859 Amer. dial.
► DARK OF THE MOON 1. the time near new moon when there is no moonlight → 1655
2. the period of the waning moon, esp. the last quarter → 1871 Amer. dial.
3. the latter of its period when it is growing fuller → 1949 Amer. dial.
► DARKS the nights when the moon does not appear → 1888 Eng. dial.
► DECREASE the wane of the moon → 1626 obs.
► DECREMENT the wane of the moon → 1610
► DECRESCENT the waning moon → 1616
► DOWN SIDE OF THE MOON the time when the moon is waning or decreasing → 1984 Amer. dial.
► FAUL ► FAULD a ring or halo around the moon, as a presage of stormy weather → 1824 Sc.
► FISHERMAN’S MOON a full moon → 1978 Amer. dial.
► GOING OF THE MOON the waning of the moon → 1970 Amer. dial.
► JOBBER’S SUN a source of nighttime illumination allowing longer hours to be worked; the moon or a kerosene lantern → 1905 Amer. logging usage
► LADY-MOON a new moon → 1878 Eng. dial.
► LIGHT OF THE MOON the period of the waxing moon → 1935 Amer. dial.
► LUCINA the moon → 1504 poetic usage
► LUMINAIR the sun or moon → 1477 Sc. obs.
► LUMINARIES, THE the sun and moon → 1559 obs.
► LUNA the moon (personified) → 1499
► LUNARIAN a dweller on the moon → 1708
► LUNARY a crescent or half-moon → 1610
► LUNATION 1. the time from one new moon to the next, constituting a lunar month (29 1/2 days) → 1398
2. the time of full moon → c1549
► LUNETTE 1. a little moon, a satellite → 1645 obs.
2. the figure of a crescent moon → 1774 obs.
► MACFARLANE’S LANTERN the moon → 1927 Sc.
► MICHAELMAS MOON the harvest moon → 1721 Sc.
► MONEN the moon → 1825 Sc.
► MOON-BALL the moon → 1941 Amer. dial.
► MOON-BROUGH a halo around the moon → 1899 Sc.
► MOONDOWN the setting of the moon; the time when the moon sets → 1797 Amer. dial.
► MOONGLADE the diffused and lengthened reflection of moonlight on water → 1859 Amer. dial.
► MOONSET the moment when the moon disappears below the horizon
► MOON-SHAFT a ray of moonlight → 1896 Eng. dial.
► MOON-TIME the time when the illuminated side of the moon is turned towards the earth → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEW OF THE MOON the time of the new moon → 1939 Amer. dial.
► NOOM the moon → 1859 back-slang
► NOVILUNE the new moon → 1619 obs.
► OLD the wane of the moon → c1420 obs.
► OLD OF THE MOON the period of the waning moon → 1904 Amer. dial.
► OLIVER the moon → 1753 criminals’ sl.
► OLIVER’S NIGHT-CAP the hour the moon goes down → 1848 US criminals’ sl.
► PADDY’S LANTERN the moon → 1933 sl.
► PANSELENE the full moon → 1706 obs.
► PARISH-LAMP the moon → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PARISH-LANTERN the moon → 1809 Eng. dial.
► PRIME the young crescent moon, esp. when half way to first quarter; the beginning or first appearance of the new moon → a1387 obs.
► RISE OF THE MOON the period of the waxing moon → 1904 Amer. dial.
► SCARROW a faint light or reflection of light, of the moon, from a wall, etc. → 1789 Sc.
► SELENOLATRY the worship of the moon → 1991 (Bk.)
► SHRINKING MOON the period of the waning moon → 1970 Amer. dial.
► SHRINK OF THE MOON the time when the moon is waning or decreasing → 1984 Amer. dial.
► SICKLE-MOON the crescent moon → 1875
► SILVER SPOON the moon → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► SPRING the increase or waxing of the moon → c1440 obs.
► SPRINGING the increase or waxing of the moon → 1440 obs.
► THROUGH-LIGHT a full moon; light all night → 1808 Eng. dial.
► UNDERGROUND MOON the moon when it makes a change between the hours of 12 and 1 o’clock; the claim is made that foul weather is sure to accompany → 1905 Amer. dial.
► WADDLE the wane of the moon → 1678 Eng. dial. obs.
► WASTE OF THE MOON the time when the moon is waning or decreasing → 1899 Amer. dial.
► WET MOON a crescent moon (usually new) sometimes believed to prognosticate wet weather (on the basis of its orientation, that is, whether the horns appear able to ‘hold water’) → 1856 Amer. dial.
► WOODEN SPOON the moon → Brit. rhyming sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► LUNARNAUT one who travels or has travelled to the moon → 1965
► MOONWALKER one who walks on the moon → 1969

PHRASES
► MOON IS IN THE HALLIOR, THE the moon is in her last quarter, is much in the wane → 1815 Sc.
► OLIVER BLABS the moon shines bright → 1841 criminals’ sl. obs.
► OLIVER DON’T WIDDLE the moon does not shine → 1782 criminals’ sl.
► OLIVER IS IN TOWN the moon is full, and so, the nights are too light for stealing safely → 1780 UK criminals’ sl.
► OLIVER IS SLEEPY TONIGHT the moon does not shine → 1857 criminals’ sl.
► OLIVER IS UP the moon has risen → 1780 UK criminals’ sl.
► OLIVER PUTS HIS BLACK NIGHT-CAP ON the moon hides behind clouds → 1834 cant
► OLIVER SHOWS the moon shines → 1753 criminals’ sl.
► OLIVER SNEAKS the moon is under a cloud → 1797 criminals’ sl.
► OLIVER WHIDDLES the moon is shining → 1747 criminals’ sl.

VERBS
► BATE of the moon: to wane → 1885 Eng. dial.
► BLOW of the moon: to go down → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BURR to spread out like a burr round the moon → 1660 obs.
► DARK of the sun or moon: to suffer eclipse → c1340 obs.
► HAG of the moon: to wane → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANK of the moon: to pale, to fade → 1933 Sc.
► MANKIE of the moon: to pale, to fade → 1933 Sc.
► PRIME of the moon: to begin its first phase; to become new → a1450 obs.
► SCOFF OFF of the moon: to keep bad weather away → 1939 Amer. dial.
► TAG of the moon: to wane → 1825 Sc.
► TEEN of the moon: to wane, to change → 19C Eng. dial.
► TINE of the moon: to wane → 1865 Eng. dial.
► WADE of the sun or moon: to wade through clouds or mist → a1400-50 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► WANZE to decrease, to grow less; of the moon: to wane → c1200 obs.
► WASTE of the moon: to wane → 1864 Amer. dial.
► WELK of the moon: to wane, to lose brightness → 19C obs.