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Definition of Moonbeam
1. Noun. A ray of moonlight.
Generic synonyms: Beam, Beam Of Light, Irradiation, Light Beam, Ray, Ray Of Light, Shaft, Shaft Of Light
Group relationships: Moon, Moonlight, Moonshine
Definition of Moonbeam
1. n. A ray of light from the moon.
Definition of Moonbeam
1. Noun. A shaft of moonlight;''Webster's College Dictionary'', Random House, 2001 moonlight generally. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Moonbeam
1. a ray of light from the moon (the earth's natural satellite) [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonbeam
Literary usage of Moonbeam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought by John Todhunter, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harry Buxton Forman (1880)
"TO THE moonbeam.i moonbeam, leave the shadowy vale, To bathe this burning brow.
moonbeam, why art thou so pale, As thou walkest o'er the dewy dale, ..."
2. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"With a glad cry Laughing moonbeam sprang forward. A pair of brown, warrior arms
... Laughing moonbeam, gleam from the North, child of the mighty forest, ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1911)
"We are a quarter of a mile from the abbey, which sends us a huge moonbeam through
Why wait, when the sky is crowning my fondest wishes! ..."
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