Lune vs Lure - What's the difference?
lune | lure |
(obsolete) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak
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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
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Anything crescent-shaped
(label) A leash for a hawk.
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Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
(fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
* 1594 , , IV. i. 178:
A velvet smoothing brush.
To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
To recall a hawk with a lure.
deceive, trick
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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 lure is
something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.As a verb lure is
to attract by temptation etc; to entice.lune
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) lune, from (etyl) luna.Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
The corresponding convex shape is sometimes called a lune , but is, strictly, a lens .Etymology 3
Alteration of (lyon).Noun
(en noun)- 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 ----lure
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Milton)
- My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, / And till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, / For then she never looks upon her lure .
- (Knight)