Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LU'NAR, or LU'NAR-Y, a. [L. lunaris.]

1. Pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
2. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, lunar days or years.
3. Resembling the moon; orbed. – Dryden.
4. Under the influence of the moon. [Obs.] – Bacon. Lunar caustic, nitrate of silver. – Nicholson. Lunar cycle; the period of time after which the new moon returns on the same days of the year. Lunar month; the time in which the moon completes a revolution about the earth. Lunar year; the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34 seconds.