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Moon"set` (?), n. The descent of
the moon below the horizon; also, the time when the moon
sets.

||Moon"shee (?), n. [Hind.
munishī, fr. Ar. munishī a writer, author,
secretary, tutor.] A Mohammedan professor or teacher of
language. [India]

Moon"shine` (?), n. 1.
The light of the moon.

2. Hence, show without substance or
reality.

3. A month. [R.] Shak.

4. A preparation of eggs for food.
[Obs.]

Moon"shine`, a. Moonlight.
[R.] Clarendon.

Moon"shin`er (?), n. A person
engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is
largely done at night. [Cant, U.S.]

Moon"shin`y (?), a.
Moonlight. [Colloq.]

I went to see them in a moonshiny
night.

Moon"stone` (-stōn`), n.
(Min.


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