LUNETTE
\lʌnˈɛt], \lʌnˈɛt], \l_ʌ_n_ˈɛ_t]\
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A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge.
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A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.
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A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
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An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
By Oddity Software
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A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge.
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A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.
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A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
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An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
By Noah Webster.
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A little moon: (fort.) a detached bastion: a hole in a concave ceiling to admit light: a watch-glass flattened more than usual in the centre.
By Daniel Lyons
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n. [French] A detached bastion;— a half horse-shoe;— kind of watch-crystal more than ordinarily flattened in the centre; a convexo-concave lens for spectacles.
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basidiomycota
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