Definition of Moon-ray

1. Noun. A ray of moonlight.

Exact synonyms: Moon Ray, Moonbeam
Generic synonyms: Beam, Beam Of Light, Irradiation, Light Beam, Ray, Ray Of Light, Shaft, Shaft Of Light
Group relationships: Moon, Moonlight, Moonshine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moon-ray

moollah
moollahs
moolley
moolooite
moolooites
mools
mooly
moon
moon-blind
moon-curser
moon-eye
moon-eyed
moon-face
moon-faced
moon-faces
moon-ray (current term)
moon-round
moon-splashed
moon-worship
moon about
moon around
moon bag
moon bags
moon bear
moon bears
moon blindness
moon boot
moon boots
moon bounce
moon bounces

Literary usage of Moon-ray

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Blossom and the Fruit: A True Story of a Black Magician by Mabel Collins (1889)
"The moon-ray appeared to shape itself; Fleta looked up. ... She lay a long while like this, directly in the moon-ray, its white gleam on her face. ..."

2. Manual of Astronomy: A Text-book by Charles Augustus Young (1902)
"... with the great crater Tycho, not very far from the moon's Ray system south pole, well shown in the (nearly) full-moon photograph on ..."

3. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1844)
"XX. is pearly feet gleaming in emerald grasses ; The moon-ray's trembling on his »hiter neck ; His breast without a speck ; Vhile the dim woods around, ..."

4. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, &c. by Gleeson White (1887)
"O moon-like thought of Death, All is unreal beneath thee, uncertain all, Dim moon-ray thrown along a world of shades. A. MARY F. ROBINSON. ..."

5. Graham's Magazine by George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe (1845)
"The sturgeon now and then leaped up ¡it the shivered tip of a moon-ray, dropping back large silver beads upon the wave, and the owl hooted triumphantly from ..."

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