Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HALF'-MOON
HALF'-MOON, n.
- The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
- Any thing in the shape of a half-moon. In fortification, an outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle, whose gorge is in the form of a crescent or half-moon. Encyc.
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