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Lune vs Lunt - What's the difference?

lune | lunt |

As an adjective lune

is (only with bien'' or ''mal ) having a good or bad disposition, in a good or bad mood.

As a noun lunt is

a slow-burning match or torch.

lune

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak
  • *

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) lune, from (etyl) luna.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles
  • *
  • Anything crescent-shaped

    • Usage notes

    The corresponding convex shape is sometimes called a lune , but is, strictly, a lens .

    Related terms

    * lunar * lunatic * lunacy

    Etymology 3

    Alteration of (lyon).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A leash for a hawk.
  • * :
    • And thenne was he ware of a Faucon came fleynge ouer his hede toward an hyghe elme / and longe lunys' aboute her feet / and she flewe vnto the elme to take her perche / the ' lunys ouer cast aboute a bough / And whanne she wold haue taken her flyghte / she henge by the legges fast / and syre launcelot sawe how he henge

    See also

    * loon * Monday ----

    lunt

    English

    Noun

    (lunts)
  • A slow-burning match or torch.
  • * 1969 , Robert Nye, Tales I Told My Mother ,
    • Bent down and saw I was right. A lunt' up the bugger’s nose. A ' lunt ? said Doctor Copper. Almost as long as your left forefinger, yes, said his visitor. Still burning.
  • Smoke with flames, especially from a pipe.
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