Section M, N, and O

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pr. & vb. n.
Mooning.] To expose to the rays of the moon.

If they have it to be exceeding white indeed, they
seethe it yet once more, after it hath been thus sunned and
mooned.

Holland.

Moon, v. i. To act if moonstruck;
to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.

Elsley was mooning down the river by
himself.

C. Kingsley.

Moon"beam` (?), n. A ray of light
from the moon.

Moon"blind` (?), a. Dim-sighted;
purblind.

Moon"blink` (?), n. A temporary
blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in
the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia.

Moon"calf` (?), n. 1.
A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter,
generated in the uterus.

2. A dolt; a stupid fellow.
Dryden.

Moon"-cul"mi*na`ting (?), a.
Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same
time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp.

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